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Deep Currents
by Danae Wilkin → (All Poetry by Danae Wilkin)
Sunday, February 7, 2021    Rated "PG13" by the Author.
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A person who must go through a transformation to let go of the horrific past.


Poem Artwork

Swimming 

In deep currents

Molten emotions,

A whisper,

Body jerk

Unravels me

 

Then comes

That ancient whale

Whining her sweet cries

Comforting

Down here

Is not solitude

Down here

You are safe

 

Her calf passes above

She nudges it with love

And they’re off

 

Alone again

Excepting krill,

Tiny jellyfish,

Plankton

No sentience

Yet known

 

I become fetal

As though climbing

Into the womb

Once more

Will dispel

The abuse

Not long after

I came out

 

Latent memories,

So few happy

Trauma so real

This body demands

Lava to extrude

Steam to explode

Phreatic violence

Laying waste

Old relationships

Old forgotten

New forgiven

Now resurrected

Full extent

Previously unknown

 

As I am unknown

An orphan from protection,

from kindness,

from mercy,

from love

elusive unconditional

I never knew until 25

Long away from 

Home,

A home I sought

Of freedom

Of nurturing

 

You have undone me

As I breathe in the brine

Watch my consciousness die

Released from your stony grip

 

Reborn anew

To hope

Without hammer

To peace

Without cruelty

 

Lava cools

Into pillow formations

I am under

And in you

And you in me


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 Reviews of "Deep Currents"
Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on February 8, 2021
I cannot know the psycho-bio resonance of your words, but I feel the purity of your heart, and mine is there beating with yours with every lub-dub it makes.

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on February 7, 2021
As your poem posits, there are many currents one can get drawn into in life, and your experience of how the gravity of sadness can pull one down is evident. However, beneath it all, there's hope for as you say: "Lava cools". Of note is the way you've woven your metaphors into each other, giving both a biological and psychological resonance that wordsmiths us into the currents with you. A memorable work to read often.


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