Riptide

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Riptide

Swimming in your troubled waters
I am caught in a riptide
which pulls me from the safety of the shore
Struggling in its undertow and 
unable to hold on to you any longer
I feel you slipping through my arms
as I am carried away from you
and your tempestuous sea of anger
Not knowing where I will be taken
I am scared, my arms flailing to stay afloat
My heart yearns for an emotional life raft
to cling to before surrendering to the currents
I pray for peace wherever the tide takes me


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I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

23 thoughts on “Riptide”

  2. I feel you slipping through my arms
    as I am carried away from you
    and your tempestuous sea of anger

    Love the reality of life’s situation depicted in your poem, Christine! One is always at the mercy of forces or emotions pulling one away from a comfort zone.

    Hank

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  3. Riptides are frightening and to feel vulnerable to such anger is darkly upsetting. A potent metaphor. Dunno if it helps but ’tis said that people drown in riptides when they fight it; swimming across it one eventually gets outside its danger.

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    1. Hi Brendan, thanks for reading! ☺️ Yes in fact trying to swim against it will cost you your life. You are supposed to swim it in the direction it is taking you, usually along the coast line, and you will eventually get to a break. The photo shows this.

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