Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Keeping it contained april 5, 2014

 

on the surface, she remains stately and calm

 like a seascape that hides its storms

 deep beneath reflecting an image of peace

she does not really feel

she seems so solid

so self assured yet

 like volcanic lava

 sways with heated liquid

she dares not release

home again in a city

 where all this churned up

and from which she fled

 does not still feel

the stirring heat beneath even now

even after others proclaim

her dilemma not so much a cure

 as a suspended sentence

where she can keep it all contained

just a bit longer

where she might find time

to better contain it

 does she still feel it's rumblings

that threat of eruption

the urge to return to what

drove her for help in the first place

 all this out of sight for t

hose of us who see her

 the invisible turmoil

she deals with day in and day out

 especially during the dark times

when she is almost always alone


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