A weighted sadness
Pulled me under
How far I didn't know
My problems were circling
Like sharks contemplating
a painful bloody kill
Feelings of joy had long ago
floated to the top
Leaving me stranded in the shadows
Slowly sinking to deadly depths
or hopefully rising to living light
No help appears
No life saver, no rope
Faint music drifts downward
Echoing through the waters
The melody was from years past
Before the crushing came
For a moment I am
Captured in a faraway time
Transitory feelings of freedom
Flood my soul
Evoked by rhythms when
Life had unlimited possibilities
Will the carefree song of youth
Raise me up
through shades of enlightenment
to that life giving state
Where a sense of well being
Carried me optimistically on the tides
Or will I helplessly
Descend to dreadful darkness
Jane Fitzgerald is a sensitive and enthusiastic writer who feels compelled to explore feelings about people, nature and time. She studied poetry with David Ignatow at Columbia University where she earned a Master of Arts Degree. Her house is on the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis. Jane loves the many facets of life connected to water and it is reflected in much of her poetry.
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