The Swirling Green Storm

The Swirling Green Storm Sea foam splattered upon his panicked face his boat sank and life was torn asunder. He had run away, he was a disgrace; the storm worsened with a crack of thunder. Each new wave tore at his weakening hold yet he recovered, now he longed to live. Wanting to hold her as he had of old to taste sweet love only Kara could give. The words formed inside, then out swift they rushed Jacob prayed for rescue and a new start. God, let me live, let my life not be crushed please save me, please enter this aching heart. Suddenly, silence, the sea stopped raging as he had prayed he would get a new chance. He could picture them together aging he felt blessed by their renewed romance. A ship rescued him, new life he could see with many new paths to embrace with hope. All that was needed was his heartfelt plea; God's answer given when he could not cope. Robert J. Lindley, 1-07-2016 Painting number one Poem number one, Ekphrasis http://www.georgiaokeeffe.net/blue-and-green-music.jsp Blue and Green Music, 1919/1921 by Georgia O'Keeffe Inspired by- (After: Blue and Green Music - Georgia O'Keeffe 1921) Debbie Guzzi's 10 for 10 challenge Ekphrastic: Writing on Art and Art on Writing [this site ACCEPTS reprints] http://www.ekphrastic.net/submissions.html Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 Total # Syllables: 200 Total # Lines: 24 (Including empty lines) Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A Total # Words: 161