Coral Reef
discovering myself is
like discovering the ocean
where the waves
beam off the sun
everything you see was
hand picked by the chosen
the colors are not quite
something you’ve seen before,
and creatures have traveled
miles to settle onto the shore
I'm floating lonesome, and
as I swim amongst the deep,
All I can do is think about my future,
what I am I supposed to be?
as I swing back and forth
in these waves, I wonder
who I truly am, and
where am I going to land?
my mind has
been in a daze
while opportunities
are stagnant at bay
I haven’t moved
from this spot
since the last time
I've thought this way
while I’m scraping my
knees on the coral reef
and look up to the
water overflowing,
I keep swimming with
the sharks in knowing,
that even though
my blood runs cold,
I have tried to warm
it by swimming in gold
my reason is
to survive
and if the sharks decide
to take me alive,
I’ve only lost one
life out of nine
- Leah Rae