Poetry: #120 Coastal Lightning (Hesitate and Grasp 12)

A selection from the collection: Hesitate and Grasp

Preface

The struggle is real. The battles of relationships, society, and personal challenges are real. This collection explores all that and concludes pretty concisely:

“Do not hesitate. Do not grasp.”

Or, as Yoda might say in a much clearer way:

“Do or do not, there is no try.”

Coastal Lightning

There are waves and there are days
When all the silence and all the wind
They blow away and it comes to sin
And where do you rest?
Where the light is abundant?
Where the lightning strikes the heart?

So many years and so many times
All the days you tried to find.
They fall away and it comes to sin
And where do you look?
To the sky or look to the waters?
Do you look out to the ocean or the brook?
Do you even have the choice?
Is there lightning in your heart?
Can you strike it in another?
One with someone together?
Oh! Where are the eyes of your lover?

There are storms on the horizon
Where the wind comes from and the dark
It leaves the mark of what’s forbidden
And where do you go?
Where is the light you follow?
Where does lightning strike your heart…

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Question Section

Where is the light that you follow? Where does it come from? What drives you to continue pursuing it? What will you do for it? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

What are your thoughts on this poem?

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Coastal lightning with a silhouette of a person

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