Poetry

Comforting Night

Ocean waves, crashing

Sand seeping between my toes

Cold air on my skin

Gazing past the salty sea

At the warm, colored sunset

Plants

Friends who are always there

They don’t judge

Or care

Or feel

Or worry

Unlike I who has a pile of thoughts

I don’t want

Judgment

To care about problems

To feel unwanted things

Worry

I sometimes wish to be a plant

But then

I couldn’t watch them grow

Hope

Sitting near the fireplace

I have no worries or doubts

Looking out the window

I think of what life is all about

Not the fear or anger that we so often feel

But rather, the love and joy

That fills this world

Though, that might just be a decoy

Let’s make this place a happy one

That’s filled with all good things

I look at the blazing fire

With hope that this all clings