salted meringue (poem)
from a distance / you watch waves foam / at my lips / salted meringue / beating against my teeth...
11 August 2018
Hello friends, today I’m sharing a little poem from the archives. I’m currently working on a essay about CrossFit, Parts Work, Bon Jovi, and resilience. Quite a menage a quatre, huh?
In one part of the essay, I talk about having the courage to wade into healing waters with someone else by your side; it made me think of this poem, which I’ve published elsewhere long ago… So before sharing that essay, first, a gift of poetry.
salted meringue
from a distance you watch waves foam at my lips salted meringue beating against my teeth depth is what you imagine beneath the surface but if I let you in to wade in the waters of my heart I worry that your feet will never leave the ground you’ll wade waist deep and you’ll see that the depths were an illusion painted by a raging sea the brush taking on turbulence from life lived beyond a constant sunny disposition at least I know the clouds that pulse with the beat of blood rushing through my veins are no illusion no matter the depth your feet find buried in the sand will you have the courage to take a breath expand your lungs with my last exhale breathe me in dive deep and meet me underneath
As usual, thank you for being here.
with love,
♥️ Savannah
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