Emotional Tidal Wave

Hellllllooooooooooooo Rrrreeeaaaddddeeerrrrr!!!!! I so hope you read that in your head as I said it in mine! I am here for my final post of February (how the f*** is it the end of the month already!?).  This year is passing by quicker than a cheetah. Oh...that was a bad on reader I apologize haha I spent about five minutes trying to think of something more clever, but as you will come to understand my creative juices were targeted towards something else today.
So reader, without getting too personal, I've made a change in my life which is adversely affecting my emotional state. It has me feeling all the emotions and it truly is making me feel like a crazy person for not being able to manage them. Since I'm already an emotional person, this enhancement of such a strong aspect of myself has been challenging to deal with. 
With that background knowledge, let me bring you to today. I was working with a patient and I was encouraging him to create poetry. While he was writing, I had a flashback to grade school and all of the English classes I had where we did poetry. I loved poetry guys. I loved creating things and using words to just majestically speak about things or use it for humor! I actually won a poetry thing in 7th or 8th grade with a ridiculous poem I had created. It was my jam bam! Then I thought about the last time that I wrote a poem. I couldn't remember it. I hadn't indulged in this creative outlet for AGES! I wasn't upset with myself, I was just...disappointed. I write poems every now and then to incorporate into a friends gift, but I don't write poems just to express myself or just for fun. 
So, what did I decide to do while my patient was creatively writing? That's right, I racked my brain for a subject which I could write about. For some reason, I couldn't stop thinking about the ocean. The other topic that I've been constantly dealing with lately is my emotions. So, I attempted to write a poem that incorporated the two. Of course I will share it below, I just wanted to give a quick backstory before we went right into it. So without further ado, here's to my first legitimate attempt at a poem in MONTHS!

Emotional Tidal Wave
By Jordan A.

Ocean waves ebb and flow
Same with our emotions no?
The highest waves crash the hardest
We go from elation to feeling our harshest
The darkest pools suck us into its depths
We get tossed around, straining to catch our breath
Just when we're about to succumb to despair
A voice inside screams, "There's more for you out there!"
A fighting spirit bursts from buried treasure
Locked up in our heart, because of our minds, not forever
We kick against the current, striking out against fear
Fighting for that life we took for granted and now hold dear
Each stroke has a purpose like every thought in our mind
Trying to breach the surface, to ourselves, we be kind
We finally break free, our struggle is won
To grow and be better before the next wave to come

Thank you for taking the time to read that! There are many things that I would like to say at the moment and none of them seem right. I hope you enjoy my conscious re-emergence into the world of poetry. I may share more in the future. Who knows! This was one of the more enjoyable blog posts that I've done in a hot minute. 
I appreciate your time reader! I hope you have a great day and please make an effort to be the reason someone smiles today! :)
Until next time...

​Jordan :)