Carousel Girl

This roller coaster

Took me high

Enough to see

The curve of the earth.

I touched the stars

Kissed the moon

And high- fived

The sun.

Then the descent

Unexpectedly came,

Like an avalanche

Roaring through

My very soul

Pounding me down

into the ground

Far below

the surface.

I knew if

I could just

claw my way

Back to

The surface

I’d be okay.

So I did.

I’m seriously

Amazed at

How many G’s

I can pull

And not pass out.

I’m like

A superwoman

Sometimes

And then I rain

Filling more

Bottles

My eyes a pretty

Shade of red

Tears

Are healing

And you can’t

Grow the

Most beautiful

Butterfly garden

Without rain

I heard

His voice

Yesterday morning

when I woke up.

I was thinking of

A situation

That I’m

grappling with

And in response

He said “ yes, but

It’s temporary

And your love

Is greater than.”

He gave me

A love that

Is greater than.

I see your fears

And worries

And raise them

For

A love

greater than…