My Calamity

Like a freshly mustered typhoon, 

you ravage my outer 

in rapid fashion, disassembling my inner 

with a force seizing all control. 

I’d like to say you come in waves,

I could manage that.

But you don’t, 

Like inhaling a long breath, 

you whip the waters from the shores 

and return as a tsunami of my own 

misconceived emotion. 

Your wave crushes me

I gasp,I fill myself with all of you.

While set afloat

I allow you to consume me in

totality. 

And just like the breeze 

caressing the damage after a storm

you move on,

even as if nothing happened.

Unaware of

- the havoc you stirred within my now pillaged soul. 

Like a survivor 

without you 

I must continue.

Keep moving forward, 

navigating 

the desolate path 

without you in your own wake.

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

such a fine weave of your metaphor KW ..i love this ..i love its circular motion .. the complete and total commitment of typhoon and the typooned ...and for me the closing is just genius ... i am spent ..no resistance left i me .. floating there "without you in your own wake." ... best i have read this morning .. wonderful work my friend
E.

[KWP]

hey hey hey - love across the seas to you and Bella Boo. Dodger was attacked the other day in the park poor darling - he’s okay. The other dog was a rescue dog unfortunately. We didn’t report him. The owner was visibly shaken. A young guy. We got his details and rang him after explaining how if it was a child or smaller dogg then the outcome wouldn’t have been pretty. He got a muzzle and has offered to pay for Dodger’s vet expenses. Saying that, I think dodger is bouncing higher than he did before :)

As for the poem above, like a storm from the east it picked itself up out of no where ... I a off to work this morning and running late, but you know I had to say hi :)

X

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks dahlink! and hi right back...so glad that Dodger is OK....those kinds of attacks can be vicious ... but even more important that the other owner is sorry and has taken wise steps to prevent such things from happening again...i would take him up on the Vet bill if i were you guys...just saying...its only right ... send me an e-mail when you have time...would love to hear how your job is going ... and if you are still doing sandwiches for the noon crowd ;)

[Ardra]

tsunami of my own 
misconceived emotion.....
:)

Hmmmm and it's us willingly letting them take over isn't it....
I can feel these words... good one dear

[KWP]

we can’t help it though ... well we can, but it’s so easy to get caught up and enjoy the ride ... thanks X

[Ardra]

Heheh yes... getting caught up in our own emotions... true... that we can but we won't.. easy to let it flow ..

[Ghost]

Loving someone with such passion that it resembles such a fiery of the forces of nature... It can be as strong as the power of these forces.. Thank you for sharing

[KWP]

it’s true I reckon ...

[Fish]

I loved the simile at the beginning I felt like I was being introduced to this piece in a really cool way, I also love your word choice you used like whip and ravage and its really cool how you paired it with certain words to make your lines in the peom, I thought that was a really cool Idea and it kept it interesting and fun to read, nice job

[KWP]

what a lovely review ... thank you fish X

[Alexa Apothic Red]

Ooh, what a brilliant and perfect layered metaphor!! I love the varying aspects of the levels of storms and winds captured in your writing and also can relate so well to these feelings.. that indifferent wind just caressing the aftermath, nonchalant that it had anything to do with creating that trouble.. that is so good! Loved this!

[KWP]

thanks lady - I know you can relate because I just read the same poem, different version on your side X