JOSTLING FOR FREEDOM (updated poem)

JOSTLING FOR FREEDOM

Life can be confusing

At times a twisting

And turning

Knotted

Snarled

Jumbled

Scrambled 

Tousled

All the

Shoving

Pushing

Butting

Shouldering

Elbowing

The struggle to keep it real

The here

The now

Patience

Perseverance

Determination

Insistence

Diligence

The purpose

The drive

The reason

The point

The passion

The steadfastness

Resoluteness

Faithfulness

To keep it going

Smoothly

Evenly

With love and light

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

23^rd July 2016

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CHAOS AND CONFUSION

CHAOS AND CONFUSION

All around is chaos

Confusion

Devastation

Destruction

Whirling

Swirling

Like a tornado

Destroying everything in its path

Sheltering

Can be hard

Nowhere safe and sound

Panic

Pandemonium

The oceans

Whipping up a torrent

Waves pounding

Thrashing

Hammering

Flooding

Gushing

Surging

In towards the land

Devastation

Destruction

Can be seen

Is there nowhere safe?

On this Mother Earths land?

Is this her anger?

Her outrage

Our calling

Our wakeup call

I feel stranded

Isolated

Marooned whilst the storm rages on 

And on all around

Here we both are soaking

Drenched

Cold and damp

Watching and waiting

For this raging storm

To abate

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

14^th June 2012

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