Ophelia

Art: Tonya by J.Planet

Ophelia

 

I swim in a sea of uncertainty

Afraid of reaching the shore

I drown in concerns unbidden

Seeking absolution when I do wrong

My emotions surround me

I wear my heart on my virtual sleeve

I am metaphor for change

Impermanence is my battle cry

Inside tears still flow

Most people don’t want to see

I laugh like an idiot 

At the stupidest things

Making sure no one can see me

Ophelia is my guardian saint

She protects me from the Truth

I am her. She is me, 

Our fate intertwined

She is my sister, 

My other, 

My friend.

Author's Note

Ophelia

Reviews

[ImSJ]

The first two lines are dynamite! The best I have read in a while. I wish that I had written them! Unfortunately the poem goes down hill from there; crashing at the bottom. It seems very confusing to me. I sense that you're getting at something but it remains obscure to me.

[johannes]

I really like the first two stanzas, and, as the other reviewer said, the first two lines "are dynamite". I also like the line "impermanence is my battle cry", as it is very true: it is very difficult to defeat someone in battle when he or she already accepts his or her own mortality.