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Floating In Moonlight

I'm floating in the night, on a calm emerald sea, Basking in moonlight, her glow washing over me But in the shallows of my existence, tears I cried, My song rippling in the current, ebbing on the tide. Who will hear my melody? Who will weep and sigh? No one will find me in swells of waves, no passerby. To an island, my journey might reach a pleasant end, or a cascading waterfall is waiting around the bend. I'll drift where the winds take me, for I have no care in the direction I travel. Life's become too hard to bear. Leave me marooned on a beach, half buried in sand, or hoping for the sound of a voice on a foreign land. It matters not if I should perish in a summer squall or wash ashore on a paradise. I really don't care at all. I'll accept that my destiny lies where trade winds blow, as long as I can float at night beneath the moon's glow.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/25/2023 7:41:00 AM

This is what we should all strive for on a daily basis for at least an hour or two "I'll drift where the winds take me, for I have no care"

Mark Koplin

Date: 1/23/2023 4:51:00 AM

You have penned a truly powerful poem Jenna, beautiful!

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/23/2023 10:43:00 AM

Thanks so very much, Mark. I hope you will be at the reopening of the steakhouse tonight. I wrote about it a while ago. It's called "Hanks."

J. I. Thomas F.

Date: 1/22/2023 2:29:00 PM

Excellent write

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/22/2023 6:03:00 PM

Thank you so much.

Sally Eslinger

Date: 1/22/2023 9:54:00 AM

WOW dear Jenna! This is a masterful piece. So tight! So precise in description! A metaphor for the frequent edge-of-despair life of drags any of us to feel. And, yes! The rhymes easily & almost unnoticeably flow! Roses are being thrown to your feet…better courtsy!

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/22/2023 9:57:00 AM

lol Sally. Thank you for the kudos and I'll gladly bow to accept the roses.

David Kavanagh

Date: 1/21/2023 1:02:00 PM

Any way the tide flows Jenna, it’s a losing battle to go against the flow, a beautifully polished and expressed piece, drifting about in the surf without a care in the world, Bliss indeed, cheers David

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/22/2023 7:52:00 AM

I know you're right, David. I appreciate your fine compliments.... always.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/21/2023 12:10:00 PM

Quite a forboding verse Jenna, good or bad we are at the mercy of life as it sweeps us along. Hope your weekend is going well. Tom

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/21/2023 12:35:00 PM

Yes, it sure ended up that way, but I think I'll start swimming for that paradise. lol Thanks a lot, Tom.

Arlo Parker

Date: 1/21/2023 11:52:00 AM

A tale of melancholy nearing despair. Sad commentary indeed. Hope your spirits rise after some obvious difficult days, JL. ~;o|

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/21/2023 12:34:00 PM

Actually, my spirits are fine. This started out going upstream and the current turned it around. lol Thanks, AP.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 1/21/2023 11:49:00 AM

If it did not have shades of sadness I would call this poem a joyous lyric. Lovely imagery.

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/21/2023 12:33:00 PM

It could be adjusted, I suppose with just a few changed adjectives. Thank you, Victor.

Stephan McBride

Date: 1/21/2023 9:59:00 AM

Love your poem, sure many feel this way, not gonna get any better sadly, all we can do is give up fighting and ride with the spirit into glory, but waves will come , we just gotta see they are distractions that try and rock the the wind of the sail : )

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/21/2023 12:33:00 PM

Sometimes we just have to go with the flow before things get better. Thank you, Stephan.

Len Gasun

Date: 1/21/2023 9:10:00 AM

This is an outstanding piece my dear poetess and friend. Your poem in a beautifully melancholic feeling leaves a great sense of hopefulness and strength as nature's cozy embraces comfort and relieve. I love and enjoyed every line immensely from start to end. A superb poem and talent from a lovely poet. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you always and your writings. Hugs

Jenna Logan
Date: 1/21/2023 12:32:00 PM

Thank you very much for such grand comments, Len. I appreciate you detailed review.