Slipping in the Current

Time became fluid,

Poured un-ending

As we tried to swim

Against a current,

Propelling us onward

Caught in the ladder,

But catching snippets

Of a time before,

A day long ago

When eyes first met

And recognition dawned,

Releasing for another

A moment in the dark

With brilliant stars-

A night tossed back

To be carried away by

The ever flowing stream,

And we halted our swimming

Allowing the natural flow

To put a distance between

The then and now,

The who we are

And the who we were,

Realizing the current was meant

To bring us to the destination

We were destined for

From the first moment

We try to reclaim

In our weakest points

Before the we was born.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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