When the days seem dark, sweetheart,
and you feel like you are barely holding on,
remember, you’ve been here before.
The seaweed twisting around your ankles,
trying their best to pull you under.
Your mighty struggle brought you
to the point of exhaustion,
with your arms flailing, barely holding your head above water.
It was only when you stopped resisting
that you let the sea carry you, finally able to breathe.
Then you were able to see that the storm clouds had passed
and the open blue sky had been there all along.
Once again, the seaweed loosened its grip
as you floated to shore.
Dear one, storms will come and go,
but you know how to swim.
Tag: Hope
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Navigating Life’s Storms
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To Bloom Again
I push against the soil,
as I seek once again to bloom,
to feel the warmth of the sun
upon my sprouts that have laid dormant, buried
in the depths of the earth.
My buds creep out into light
longing to be infused by its energy
with the vitality that I once took for granted.
I feel the gentle embrace of the spring breeze,
beckoning me to relax the petals,
and open again to the possibilities of living. -
Reaching for Light in Times of Darkness
Inspired by the Images from the James Webb Telescope
When this world becomes too much,
with its barrage of news of cruelty,
and I’ve done all that is within my power to change,
I stretch my arms out to the universe,
and let myself be drawn into the beauty
of far-off galaxies,
images that are sent back to earth
from the space telescope wandering around the sun.
I lose myself in the brilliance of the nebulae
that are light years away,
where stars begin and end their lives in the dust of space.
The vivid colors dance across the cosmos,
unconstrained by the pettiness of humankind,
for we are mere specks in the grand design.
And yet, I must shine my light, too,
in this place that I call home.
Beautiful Bittersweet Life Poems 