If I can just get through the day

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Poem of the week
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By Jane Hyphen

Sun, 29 May 2022
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If I can just get through the day

Knowing I can return to the vessel

Where oblivion is docked

And I can retreat into silent,

Solitary tunnels, my mind 

Unravelling in interplanetary space

 

If I can just make these people fade

Or at least dilute with my resolve

What I perceive to be their power

I will be strong enough

To blow away the monsters

Which hide among their vapour trails

 

If I can fight this day in blinks

In tiny turns of turning in

Remind myself of the fire

The little flame within

Where the storm can never blow

Touch base with the purest form of myself

 

If I can slow each breath, not gasp

As others breathe my air

I must not punish my heart

With endless fights and flights

I must hold something back

And in turn, learn to let go

 

If I can just get through this day

Stride on, swallowing the harsh light

I’ll return again tomorrow

From my solitary tunnels

Only through a different port

Where the light is softer

 

 

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Comments

Submitted by celticman on

a softer kinder light, might work. I like the world-weariness of the words. 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thanks for the cherries and your feedback celticman. I can't use the word 'kinder' because it makes me picture Emma Thompson's sympathy face but I might change it to something which works better.

 

Submitted by D Marie on

 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thanks for reading Marie.

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

This poem could have been written about me, it's everything I feel and much more.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Ha ha, yes, I'm glad it resonated with you. Sometimes you just want the day to end so you can shut the door and just be yourself.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Your job sounds really grim! I remember feeling like this, you express how at the end of a shift I couldn't wait to go to the woods with my dog and be alive again :0)

I hope things become better for you very soon

I like "softer" light. The harsh light and stale air making everything flat is one of the horrid things about working inside

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Hi Di_Hard, thank you for reading and commenting. My job is hard at this time of year because I deal with the public and in South Oxfordshire where I work, many people have an entitled attitude and are often quite unreasonable in their expectations. It's mostly just ignorance, they don't know about the logistics of our business. I do have great colleagues though. 

 

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

I'm retired now, but I remember this feeling so, so well. You have put it beautifully.

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Hi airyfairy. Thank you for your comment. One day, if I survive, I will be retired, hooray!

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

This poem makes me feel better and calmer just reading it. It's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.

Picture copyright free from Pixabay.

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thank you for pick of the day!

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Thank you for this Jane, it's very much what I need right now. Very well deserved golden cherries too!

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thank you Insert!

 

Submitted by onemorething on

This is our Poem of the Week! Congratulations! 

 

Submitted by Kris on

Just a quicky here, for you and whom ever is interested = those frustrating days, finding inspiration, chill'n, try'n to find the unwind, an escape to that meditation state of mind & possibly something to write too.

+ Jane I noticed the picture, of what looks the milky way/stars.. (?)

When I'm at my desk working, or trying to write another story/chapter, or just trying to find that chill'n zone...... I'm using this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86YLFOog4GM

That's the live-feed, Earth View, from the International Space Station (ISS) with music = dream, calm, chill music.... I keep it on 1 of my computer screens (all the time). It's interesting, a bit spiritual, etc... +++

(commercial/subscriber free)

For those of you that can put it up on your Flat screen TV, surround sound, it has that cool effect..

In my case, at times, I project on the wall w/ surround sound....

Kris

 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thank you. I just watched a little of that, very relaxing. I would love to project that all around my bedroom.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Month - Congratulations!

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thank you for this ! blushsmiley

 

Submitted by seannelson on

edgy and phenomenal. Rewarding are the palaces of rumination.

"If I send you post-cards from the side of the road: photographs of movies, and hearts about to implode"  -  Elliott Smith

Submitted by marandina on

My kind of poem. Sage, reflective and considered. Congratulations on the well deserved accolades. Paul