When you go dark
I wonder
If you are the tumbling
Feet over hands
In salt and foam.
Before crashing hard
On the rocks.
When the silent black is your friend
Perhaps you grab your board
Leap and paddle
To a
Wave bending over itself
Creating a wall of crystalline water
For you alone.
In the noiseless night
Of hushed phones
And shadowy text screens
I imagine
You riding the crest
On a blind
Journey
Wind whipping your cheeks
As you lean toward the face
And fall into the inky blue.
When you go dark
Behind a wall of isolation
Others are left
In your shadow.
(Photo by David Stroup)
A teacher, Laurie Woodward is the author of several novels including Forest Secrets, and the fantasy series The Artania Chronicles. She also cowrote Dean and JoJo: The Dolphin Legacy and was a collaborator on the popular anti-bullying DVD Resolutions. Bullied as a child, Laurie is now an award-winning peace consultant, poet, and blogger who helps teach children how to avoid arguments, stop bullying, and maintain healthy friendships. She writes her novels on the Central Coast of California.
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