Emotions are like waves.
Waves so strong consume me.
Trying to pull me under like the riptide. But I’m failing to stay afloat.
Water rushing over my head.
Holding my breath till my lungs burn. Lungs burning, as they wait to gasp for air.
Fighting to get my head above the water once again.
Air forcing down my throat burning the whole way down.
I steady my breathing.
Inhale and exhale as I tread water. Locating where once was my safe place of refuge, now completely immersed.
Immersed for now, but not forever.
Categories:
riptide, anxiety, august, deep, depression,
Form: Free verse
A gigantic wave across the land
With power and fury, it sweeps like sand
Trump's roar, a tide that rages and swells
Echoes of passion where fervent hope dwells
© daniel miltz
Categories:
riptide, political,
Form: Free verse
Our love is like a riptide
wild ride, I am drowning in you.
Riptide, pool slide, can't fight it, suck you right back in
Can't swim to the side.
Sex ride, heat light, glow bright
driving us insane
I want you inside, slip and slide,
gush rush, screaming your name.
As we keep riding on the riptide
wild ride, I am drowning in you.
lovely insane
End goal, heart full, head calm,
warm in embrace, entwined in your grace, committed to stay.
- Artimus speaking to Alan 6/18/2023 9:47PM (C) Artimus AKA Susan Manley
Categories:
riptide, extended metaphor, inspirational love,
Form: Lyric
Under the green oak
the earth saves me from the pull
of the sea. Riptide.
Categories:
riptide, courage, drug, earth, freedom,
Form: Haiku
i know its going to happen
life is going to smoothly
things are alarmingly calm
doubt will seep in
for sure devils will follow
i'll get tongue tied-tripped up- hog tied
washed away in the riptide called life
while the horde dances upon the shore
cackling
"I knew ya didn't have the strength to
make it back"..
but you never walked the contours of my soul
jackass
I've made it back to shore a thousand times before...
and I'll make it back this time
breathing fire on the shores of your dead words
that's if the angels have not deserted me
Categories:
riptide, anger,
Form: Free verse
He runs like the wind with his mane flowing wild,
Flashing his blaze in his powerful style,
Handsome like his father, a king among the ponies,
On Chincoteague Island, Riptide is never lonely.
Recognized and loved by countless admirers,
Sought out by many fascinated photographers,
Riptide is an icon like his dad, Surfer Dude,
Both fiercely protected their mares to the point of a feud.
Rip continues the legacy that his father brought the Isle,
Free, uncontrolled and always wild,
Those sassy looks as he peers through his mane,
Once you meet Rip, you'll never feel the same.
But mainly we love him for more than his fame,
Because he brings attention to the stallions and their dames,
Reminding us how important to just let them be,
So future generations can see them wild and free.
Categories:
riptide, horse, nature,
Form: Rhyme
I'm caught
in the riptide
of your magnetism,
and I blissfully undulate
along.
Date written: 04/24/2020
Categories:
riptide, feelings, love, passion,
Form: Cinquain
Seismic—
Shock wave of energy
swelling ocean waves,
Powerfully driven
like a freight train
rolling fast as a jet,
Open ocean ninja stealthily
racing toward landfall’s
most evil betrayal,
Rip-tide on steroids
sweeping away
unsuspecting souls
— Tsunami
February 6, 2020
F G I descriptive
Brian Strand, sponsor
Categories:
riptide, evil, ocean,
Form: Shape
Lunar swimming in angry cerulean torrents
swiftly as primeval passing of blue equinox
sea-born of indomitable nautical command
to envelop cloaked within mother the ocean
Remembering in-utero wild amniotic hunger
I dive deep submerged inside Poseidon's lair
Senses burning alive tribal inebriated oxygen
embryonic aquatic kingdom, vibrancy revealed
Strong, steady, maritime language fathered
techniques of stout heartedness hold strong & fast
as I scan deep the watery sapphire horizon
multitudes of planktonic organisms weave dancing
The harrowing, drowning sailors sinking titanic ship's
watery struggles plunging to Davey Jones locker
obeisance to the kingdom the fisherman warned
no safety or surprise for the iconoclastic swimmer
Submarine amygdala hijack tsunami unfolding
losing myself to wave patterns monstrous in my brain
luminescent molecules reverberate to my touch
Gliding through hidden cephalopod realms
Spiralling up microscopic kelp-laden kingdoms
I rise to kiss the air with salt-water gasping
This holiest oceanic communion does heal
all my riptide scars, delivered within lands prison
Categories:
riptide, beauty, devotion, environment, visionary,
Form: Romanticism
When life is like a strong undertow
Taking you where you don’t want to go
Stay still, just wait for a while
Think about the glory days and smile
And when the riptide subsides
And you are walking away from harm
Remember when the water is no longer calm
Do not dismay, it changes back with the tides
Categories:
riptide, change, confidence, natural disasters,
Form: Rhyme