Poetic Dose: 62 to 65

#365daysofpoetry Days 62 to 65

Art by Ina "Inadoodles" Nolasco

i look at you with one eye open
the better to see with my mind
the YOU in all your flawed glory.

then i look at you with one eye closed
the better to see with my heart
the magic only YOU can bring into my life.

Sleep, hold me fast

in your firm grasp

shut my mind's eye

give my soul quiet at last

that in the silent black

clarity descends, true sight unlocks

the vision in my heart long cast

today the future shall come to pass.

Art by:  Ina "Inadoodles" Nolasco

Head clear

Spirit strong

Resolute

Heart true

I am warrior

I am Woman!

Art by Jef Cablog

Gasping for air

I feel myself panicking

Breathe!

Just breathe!

Tired of treading water

Barely keeping my head afloat

I decide

I am ready to give up

With one final big breath

I close my eyes

I stop treading water

And surrender

Calm washes over me

My body floating effortlessly

The water rocking me 

I feel myself growing drowsy

Then, with a jolt,

I feel something brush against my hand

And then I feel its hugeness under me

Land!