Streaming thoughts rage through
the mind and the body, drowning the soul
Like white water rapids
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This is a very good. I read some of the others. But this I think is my favorite. =)
I love the water metaphor. Life really boils down to the challenge in your last two lines. It is a battle of perspective and balance. But when we spend so much of our time, swimming the rapids and being tossed about like debris in a tornadic storm, don't we deserve at least a little occasional cloud lounging? : P Provided of course, we know the reality of our circumstances. This was a perfectly worded piece. I don't think there are many who couldn't relate.
nice poem. loved the ways you made it so creative and the way you started it made it that much stronger to the end.