Sea As Heaven
Pain came to me one day.
More and more it came around,
and seeming to enjoy itself, it stayed.
I begged for it to leave,
but Pain is merciless and unremitting.
A long time passed and then one day,
as I lay in restful sleep,
I found myself in the middle of the sea;
my bed had become a little boat.
As if by intuition, I knew
that if I jumped into that sea,
Pain would flee from me, and so. . . .
I plunged myself into the deep blue waters
and felt the sea’s welcoming embrace.
Suddenly a new pain came to me.
Its name was Terror.
It suffocated me as I struggled instinctively against it.
However, as I started to let myself relax,
the sea began to pull me slowly downward.
Down, down, down I sank to its bosom,
tasting its sweet salty breath
as it stole the very breath from me!
Sun-warmed water wrapped me like a comforter.
vanishing old Pain
as well as that new pain known as Terror.
Relaxing into the deep, completely I surrendered.
And I realized while relishing relief. . . .
surely it was Heaven.
For Gautami Phookan's "In the Deep Sea Poetry Contest"
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2012
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