Barely breathing, I emerged from the dense emerald forest
The first golden beams of daylight
Shone bright in my eyes so adjusted to the darkness of night.
Recklessly, I dashed down the hillside
And crashed headfirst down the valley
Tripping over sprawling roots and tree stumps.
The breeze from the port blew my tangled hair across my face
So I didn't have a clue where I was
And had no idea where to go.
Plunging into the icy waters, I was dragged downstream
The heaving waves carried me away as if I was just another piece of debris
Abandoned in the river.
I desperately clung onto the banks, in a pathetic attempt to save myself
But my grip slipped against the mud and I was engulfed
By the iridescent crests of cerulean blue.
Sunlight flickered across the waters
Like a flame fighting for a few mere moments of light
As I struggled to sustain myself, only just managing to keep my head above the surface
Doves circled in the cloudless sky calling across the world
And I gazed up into the shining sky, into the horizon
A glittering sign of hope caught my eye.
Shivering, I dragged myself out of the heaving river
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the bright bridge in the distance
I stumbled through the mud, hurried past the jade leaves
Clambered onto the bridge, my clothes soaked through
The Brittany breeze blew my hair in front of my eyes
Creating a stark contrast between the red tangled in front of me
And the canopy of emerald behind me.
Somehow I ended up hopelessly racing across the Pont du Cornouaille
Dodging cars like the fears
I had failed to escape so far
Praying that I wouldn't slip down the same slope again.
I searched for a way back but was completely clueless
Out of my depth -
Lost both physically and mentally
Looking for some sort of sign
That could lead me to inner peace.
As I was about to give up all hope, accept defeat
The words of anxiety that echoed around me
In the freezing wind from the coast
Were replaced.
Wings of white settled around me from the sapphire sky
Beautiful birdsong morphed into new lyrics
That floated around me in the warm July air.
As I was lifted into the brilliant white clouds
I felt myself being whisked away
Like the electric green leaves escaped from the canopy.
Sand rushed between my toes as my feet touched the ground
And I flitted down from the sky
My ears were filled with the cool melody of the elliptical waves breaking against the shore
Eroded the insecurities that ate away at me
The tide floating in and out brought back my breath, restored the calm lost within me.
Walking along the beach, I felt the sun rays beating down against my skin
My clothes now dry, my heart now lighter
And glinting from beneath my entangled hair
Was a single leaf from the forest.
When I gazed out to sea and dreamt of a vast river, a huge bridge
And getting lost in a deep forest
I knew that at Sainte-Marine I had found my peace.
LD x ~ 27/7/20
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Loudspeaker
Poetry'... are my words enough?' Many themes and issues run through this collection, interwoven with each other, knitted between poems, so much so this is less of a collections of poems more of a continuous narrative. When I write, I'm constantly inspired...
