Sweet as the ocean,
How limpid this life can be.
Limitless, serene.
Or treading water
Over a riptide churning,
With a paper cut.
On an impulse and with a desire to better my skills as a lyricist, I signed up for a two week poetry course through WordPress. This was my response to Day One: Water, Haiku, Simile.
Let me be the first to say it. I’m sorry. This is going to be painful for all of us. Aside from some angsty, overly rhyming pieces I wrote in middle school, I don’t do poetry. For good reasons. So feel free to tune out. Or better yet, send me the poem you would like me to turn into a song.
Photo Credit: Turqoise Beach by Sonja Pieper is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
I took a poetry class – wow, two of them, now that I think about it – in college. It’s a skill that takes practice, just like any other. Not that I ever got good at it! Just that I sympathize with the process. 🙂
Sounds like you should be writing my lyrics for me! 😉
Love this poem. Hoping that inspiration strikes for writing song lyrics.
Thanks! That is my hope as well! I figure it can’t hurt.