A Friend in Me

Swayed by breeze,

lost my course.

Tossed by waves,

struggled to float.

Repaired the ship,

reinforced the hull,

strengthened helm,

retrained to sail.

New winds and waves

threw me about

upside down, and

off my course.

Beaten, defeated,

ship capsized,

with nothing to hold,

just my breath.

It carried me tender

to an unseen place

untouched by winds,

unclaimed by waves.

A sea of stillness

in a writhing me.

Or was it me

inside the sea?

Either way, now I know

this serene respite,

the safe retreat.

A forever friend

in my breath,

upon whom, I often glide.

The bigger the storm

the deeper I dive.

Suruchi Arora