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Currents

Currents

There are currents
That ran me into fallen trees,
Cracking me open  
Face down in the mud
Gasping for air flopping
Onto my back watching 
The clouds float by untouched, 
Like giant ballet dancers
In tune with something unseen.

Whirlpools dark and deep
Took me in suddenly 
And held me circling
Over and over again,

Like fearful thoughts
And relentless dark dreams,
That force awakening
And lift me from dread
Each morning as sun
Lights open windows.

I struggled to escape
Only to be trapped
In backwaters so far away 
I could barely feel the pull.
Swimming dangerously tired
Towards the faint flow.

Tumbling down 
To the endless horizon,
Being pulled under again
Reaching out one last time,
I caught a current
So strong and deep it lifted 
Me over the monstrous rocks,

Like riding a dragon
Into the stillness so bright, 
That even a glimpse 
Shifted my life forever.

Paul David Walker
May 27, 2012

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Poet Destroyer A Date: 8/27/2015 12:40:00 PM Paul, if you go on over to the member area (your member area).... click on ~Change Avatar (Photo)~ You can upload any photo you like from your computer..:) LINDA Login to Reply Paul David Walker Date: 8/28/2015 10:00:00 AM Thank, done.

Paul David Walker Date: 8/27/2015 12:24:00 PM Thank you all for welcoming me. I look forward to getting to know you better. Login to Reply

Poet Destroyer A Date: 8/26/2015 12:59:00 PM Paul, WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy Poetry Soup:) Your New Poet Friend @-> LINDA <-@ Login to Reply Paul David Walker Date: 8/27/2015 12:31:00 PM How do you put you picture onto posts etc.?

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 8/26/2015 7:35:00 AM - A great free verse poem ! - With smiles and joy I welcome you to P-Soup, Paul David :) - Hope you will find this poem page interesting and post many more poems in the future - Have a great experience together here with us in "the poems world" - I wish you every success - // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Paul David Walker Date: 8/28/2015 10:02:00 AM Thank you.

Skat A Date: 8/25/2015 9:55:00 PM Hi Paul, Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT Login to Reply Paul David Walker Date: 8/28/2015 10:02:00 AM Thank you.

April Walter Skyy Date: 8/25/2015 7:29:00 PM Very nice writing. I hope you will stop pass and check out some of my work. I think you might enjoy "Skyy". I hope to see you there. Have a good night!!! Login to Reply Paul David Walker Date: 8/28/2015 10:01:00 AM Thank you.