Julia Jaffee Poet Free verse

Cast Out-Unedited

Why
And why now?
I can't believe I had told myself you had changed
Defending you, against everyone
Who told me it would end up this way
Angry
So angry that the walls we built still stand
And we raised the sails and set the ship to sail once more
But the wreckage was still there
From stormy tides that dragged me down into the depths of sea
You managed to swim away from the wreck
Only for the waves to wash you back up to my shores

So here we are again
I allowed the vessel to be carried out once more
Made strong with my hope
That it could make to shore
But I still had dreams at night
Of again when the storm would rage on
Rage against us, 
Rage against me

I thought these stormy seas were much farther away
But I feel the first drop of rain
And if this boat too were to sink
Would you carry out of me out of wreckage 
Or once again find a new barge to break
As my body drifts across the ocean

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