Smiling In the Ocean

forgetting to walk
the tumble of the waves
a few steps
the world sweeps out from under me 
standing
the bitter taste begins to subside
until I fall again
anxiously waiting to stand once more
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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December 20, 2016 at 11:06 AM
this is very nice Megan. linda
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