Steadfast

another 5 min write after seeing an image on tv today.

Steadfast

 

Ravenous, insatiable waves

 gulping rocks

 spewing up foam.

 

Roaring in anger.

 

She watched

standing steadfast in

their wake

like a beacon repelling the darkness.

 

 Thunderous thrashes

reaching ever further,

 clawing

  to pull her into

  the gaping trough

of self.

 

And the moon,

 the beautiful moon,

 watched in awesome silence

before calling the

menace

back home.

 

Stella Armour © 2025

Author's Note

took longer to find the image than write the poem :)

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

The moonlight and waves of the ocean crashing onto rocks is amazing. The visual painted in the mind are stunning and the words chose are done with care and perfection

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oooh, like "gulping rocks/spewing up foam"
Sometimes life hits us so hard and in so many waves...but when we bend but not break, we can withstand the breakers, last out the torrents and finally enjoy the calm of inner peace.
j.