Another one for Go Dog Go Cafe’s #ThrowbackFriday. This is a poem from 2016.

Because even the most jagged rock

is smoothed in time, burnished by tumultuous seas

and polished by gentle waves that follow,

I will wait on salt-sprayed shores



Because even the most fierce storm

is spent in time, stripped by prevailing winds

and dissipated by soft rains that follow,

I will stand beneath threatening skies



Because even the most well-planned voyage

is rerouted in time, upended by rogue waves

and delayed by recovery that must follow,

I will sail in rough water



Because today the sun shines bright and

offers promises of peaceful tomorrows

I will surrender to each changing tide





prompt: Friday Fictioneers



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