Happily Ever…

Waiting to be swept off her feet
To the universe in which she belongs to,
Visions of happily ever after becoming obsolete.

Standing at ocean’s edge as waves retreat
Sinking into the sand, stuck like glue
Waiting to be swept off her feet.

Peering over the cliff, her fear of heights to beat
Waiting for the wind to change her view – 
Visions of happily ever after becoming obsolete.

Sitting in a booth, primped and ready to meet
As the ice melts, her escape plan overdue.
Waiting to be swept off her feet.

Conversing with friends, smiling to seem complete
Hoping the facade is something they can’t see through
Visions of happily ever after becoming obsolete.

Wishing on a star to get rid of this feeling of bittersweet
Wanting a new feeling, one she never knew
Waiting to be swept off her feet – 
Visions of happily ever after becoming obsolete.

T. Marina

Escaping in you

Holding you,
The world slips away.
I am safe again
From any and all harm.

In your home, 
I breathe you in and
All muscles relax
Only to be excited.

Exploring you
We are gone,
On constant adventures,
Bringing laughter,
Tears, happiness, shock.

Letting you go
I am left in a daze,
Unable to move on.
Briefly. Desiring to return
Wondering how everyone
Keeps moving,
As I wait to hold you again.

T. Marina

Crashing Through a Hurricane

I cannot sit silenced anymore.
It is not my place, yet I reside
In the middle of the battlefield.
I cannot shed tears for you anymore
Though I so long to drown in sorrow
And clear the snow with my salty eyes.
There is no more yelling to go
The falling has stopped, yet we remain
Suspended in the air, so close to crashing-

floating soaring flying gliding suspended catching air
drifting floating, blowing in the wind
crashing downfall
Falling
mayday
mayday
mayday
floating flying soaring
crashing
falling
suspended

The wind is blowing so hard 
and the currents moving so fast,
I am unsure as to whether 
I am up or down. The Earth 
continues to spin only making 
me dizzy with no way of knowing 
if the world has stopped 
or we are spinning so fast 
we merely seem to be standing still. 
Stopped in time and 
weightless for the slightest moment—

When the rain can fall,
And the clouds can roll,
And thunder shakes the world.
Lightning cracks where we stand.
Unstable, the earthquakes send us overboard,
But the tornado catches us
We float for the time being,
While all else is ruined around us.
The rain pours and the hurricane starts
Then dropped into the hurricane,
Your tsunami washes over me
And I am done for. Underwater
Not even the wind can blow me dry,
Forever soaked to the bones.
The sun tries to break through the clouds but the
Storm continues to brew till sunrise comes again
And only its smile and hug can save me,
Can lift me up again.
Though my bones have become brittle
And my heart has become like
The wind and rain, uneven,
Unpredictable.

As long as the sun never lets go,
My skin will be warmed and the storm
Will be held at bay.