I was a sailboat drifting upon your seas.
Navigating towards distant places,
behind the mists of your horizon.
Sun-beat, fresh varnish,
maiden voyage.
You were the ocean rippling
beneath me, reflecting infinities of overhanging skies.
Bahamas blue, glassy calm and
endless.
You became the tumultous waves
crashing on my bow,
ripping apart my sails.
Stinging saltwater seeping into my cracked hull.
Midnight blue, marbled through
with froth.
Sunken anchor.
Placid seas.
You spoke of love.
I hid my fear.
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Shared with dVerse Poets Pub in a poetry challenge using metaphors.
photo: my own
Fatima Fakier 
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