POEM STARTER

by Geo Days @Unsplash

Write a poem that uses a boat as a metaphor throughout.

Drifting

You know,

I kinda feel like

A boat lost at sea,

The waves push me around,

No limits,

But I don’t feel free.


Drifting like

A boat lost at sea,

No one else around…

Just dark thoughts

And me.


I feel…

_Detached_,

To say the least…

Floating,

Drifting,

Existing without a purpose.


Untethered,

Alone,

Stuck without an anchor

To hold me down,

To hold me tight…

To keep me from…


_Drifting_…


I’m drifting,

Detached

In more ways than one…

_Emotionally_…

_Spiritually_…

_Physically_…


Ceaseless

Drifting,

Like

A boat lost at sea,

I can’t connect with you,

And certainly not

With me.


Drifting

Away

From my sense of self,

Day by day,

I drift farther away.


_Loneliness_

Is the waves

That thrash and

Destroy me.


_Emptiness_

Is the wind

That pushes me

Around.


Drifting away

From friends

And from family…


Drifting away

From myself.


_Who am I?_


_I’m…_

A boat lost at sea.


_Drifting…_

_Drifting…_

_Drifting…_

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