No Need to Be Strong

Out of a Spin is one of my relaxation poems, a reflection on how mental turmoil passes and can be overcome with the kindness and support of others.

Out of a Spin – Relaxation Poems

Spinning and spinning in the turbulent pool
                  my bones fail to grip the granules
         of salt, locked up gasping for air.
         My spent heart clambers for things beyond
       the high tide loming east, west, north, south.
         The kindest hand extends and grabs my head
         to steer it away and out of the
                 eye of the twirling tempest.
             The sweet softness of seaweed and sand,
             the salty solidity of hand and skin
     marry to draw up a silk horizon,
         spanning way beyond the whirling of the 
      turbulent pool to somewhere my feet can touch
     the solid ground, skin kissed by fish and hands.
Gentle fingers unhinge batten down hatches 
         untie straight and life jackets to lure
         rays and love into here and there dim nooks
         and crannies, strumming guitar strings and
             beating bongo drums in sync with my heart
                      now pumping and pushing me out of the 
            twirling, twisting pool, up, up and away
         and back to the bedsheet of my bones.

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