Monday, August 10, 2015

Nikki Anne Schmutz writes



Back to Center



My heart

ran away with me.

Somehow I have to reel

it back in -

make a boat

of emotions running wild,

sail it on a sea of tears

back to my center -

take refuge in the eye

of the storm surrounding me,

gauge what's real

and what isn't,

strengthen my muscles

in preparation

for a journey

beyond the storm

I face.

1 comment:

  1. This is what's known as an extended metaphor, wherein every part of the comparison is a different aspect of the same rhetorical object.

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