The Doldrums

I found a post by Joseph Fasano, showing a letter a woman had wrote to him with a poem written by her mother who struggled with dementia.

Joseph had created a writing prompt, designed to help children express themself with poetry.

This is the prompt:

There are so many words in my head sometimes, that it can be difficult to untangle them into something that lets me understand my feelings. I find writing helps. I wanted to give it a try, but of course I strayed a little bit from the original prompt (not by much though, sometimes its safest to keep within view of the beaten path). So here is My Poem, The Doldrums:

Today I feel like a ship lost upon an endless sea,

Lacking a heading.

Sometimes I am a sailor

Sometimes I am an anchor

But always I am melancholy.

I ask the world, “Is it over?”

And the answer is lost in the waves.