Pride
took out her boat
opened the sail
endeavored to leave the sadness
on shore
set out to row
braced for the wind and the rain and the storm
but met only the ocean
endless and boundless
vast as the ache that broke deep
in her heart and the waves spoke
of freedom, the fragility
to rise and fall, fearlessly
she turned back her boat
and steered
home.
~
RNH
