Somonka Challenge 4

Second collaboration with Walt Wojtanik
for Poetic Asides Somonka Challenge

Not time; not distance,

no offers of resistance -

affections run deep.

Keeping within reach of you

seems to be a futile try.

WW

How placid

the surface appears

like a lake

but deep down we know

a whirlpool eddies and sucks.
RNW

**

Ocean currents draw

two hearts deeper under tow.

Save me from this fate,

a victim of water’s flow.

Love makes ripples near the shore.
WW

Never

a strong swimmer —

the hidden tug

of tides and currents

pulls me away from you.
RNW

**

Believe in yourself,

for in the world of such pain

you begin again.

Draw on my strength if you need,

but count on yourself; believe!
WW

Lifesaver,

one arm around my neck,

stroke by stroke

you pull me ashore
where I stand without you.
RNW

**

Love letters to you

Come off as shallow and vague.

You wish it weren’t true

my words fall short of your heart.

I will write no more of love!
WW

And so we part

after joining so briefly,

the poor words

insufficient … and yet

knowing each other deeper.

RNW