
Karen Ross
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vortex of emotions
rise and fragment my being
into a million parts
splintering my thoughts
as they prance
around me in happiness,
in pain, in sorrow…
in tandem
with my body and my soul
two different entities now
away from each other drawn
as i cry in pain, torn,
in a bind to hold on
to breathe
and to let go;
eternal turmoil of mind,
faith, trust and heart…
heart wins over all;
time steps in
void in me it creates
rests on my shoulders
motionless, heavy
spiral of fear rising i feel
through my gut;
my heart turns away
pulsating, incomplete
dissolving hope;
defeat i concede
step back to encase
my soulmate
in my memory folds;
i turn as i feel
him as a part of
my being, entwined,
in my mind shackled,
in my thoughts enchained,
in my moments, in my soul,
my aura – my alter ego
in an eternal space
of the Giver;
but time is motionless
my body listless
mind in struggle
in a vortex of emotions
i concede defeat
only in my being
for time can’t shackle
my soul