Rescue

 

Let the volume climb higher

 

As I escape the gates of hell

 

Let the sun shine brighter

 

As I forget the pain I wish to tell

 

 

 

Reality fades into a dream

 

The deafening silence begins to break

 

Everyone here is make believe

 

Your pleading lies keep me awake

 

 

 

It’s a bright shiny morning

 

The waves crash over the shore

 

Salt air dances in my lungs

 

Grains of sand tangled in my hair

 

 

 

Sounds of laughter

 

And children at play

 

The sky here is brighter

 

A mother calls for Jasey Rae

 

 

 

Two paths unwind before me

 

The first is Reality

 

The second is Reverie

 

I choose the second, hoping for peace

 

 

 

The journey is anxious to begin

 

I walk to the sound of the waves

 

With a steady rhythm and new confidence

 

I take in high spirits of the day

 

 

 

The sun lowers onto the horizon

 

It paints the sky with streaks of red

 

Composed of beauty and tranquility

 

Where Reality and Reverie somehow meet

 

 

 

The single path leads me to the water’s edge

 

But the temperature begins to drop

 

Memories swim through my head

 

Taunting me that I’ll never forget

 

 

 

The cold numbs the pain, consumes me

 

As a movement appears above the surface

 

My cries of rescue are silenced by the sea

 

Shaking, overwhelmed by your presence

 

 

 

You can’t hear a thing

 

The isolation, the fear

 

The water becomes darker

 

As I fall

 

            deeper,

 

                      fall

                           deeper.

Reviews

[Vitamin A]

Amazing, this can be interpreted in so many ways. I love the last line of the last stanza, it contains so much I feel like reading this gave me the opportunity to experience the journey you've been through within this poem. Not to mention, the imagery is astounding. Great work.