Deep Water

Deep Water

By

Lisa A.Williams

I know

the way she feels-

Immersed

 in the turbulent tide,

torn between the freeing

of the waves

and the steady

earth
Standing still,

    eyes fixed on the horizon,

the moon

casts heaven’s reflection

skimming the deep.

How the lunar light

pulls to call her home

but she is earthbound,

turns away

from her reflection.

 Blanketed in

darkness,

she wears the shroud

of “happy”

and returns

to“life”

 drowning

in all its illusions.