not as a spiral
nor an energy vortex
it felt like a rip tide
swimming against
 

couldn’t swim through it
would just pull me down
no way to fight it
because i’ll just drown
 

better to paddle, away from its flow
take a parallel current, along the shore
 

mortality how gothic
so film noir
haunted by shadows
they cry in the dark
 

life imitates art
its sadness seeps through
what they don’t see
I know that you do
 

feeling your heart, comforting to me
always so bright, always with love
 

I thank you, from all my heart
keeping me thinking, of happy thoughts