Thursday, July 7, 2016

The Codependent Sea (codependency)

Imagine this sea...
It is filled with waves of you, and winds from me
With depths as deep as the sky is high
Hidden beauty in both, for fish to swim and birds to fly

The water does not stop, Poseidon lives inside him
It is always moving, gathering here and flowing over there
Waves begin and are interrupted by other waves
One minute they are parallel and the next they intersect
There is confusion in the water but it continues this dance
Crashing waves are violent from the view of the shore
Crashing, is more like rolling, when observed from the ocean's floor
He has been misunderstood and at times greatly feared
The power has proven to be unpredictable in nature
And although already a thrill seekers delight
There is this longing, his waves are reaching up craving more

From all directions of Anemoi enters the wind
Complicated and wild the unpredictability exists in the form of East, West, North and South
She has carried with her evidence of where she has been
Valleys that forced her into narrow spaces have strengthened her
Sometimes dangerously so, gusts too strong for even trees to bear
Mountains have split her in two and halted her
Paths of destruction follow as she runs from pain
In pastures of rolling hills, she is gentle, a sigh of relief, a breeze
She follows the land
Here too, she feels a longing and is thirsty for more.

A clear day they meet together, thus beginning a new kind of waltz
Gentle nudges from the wind cause ripples in the water
Mist from the breakers  is caught by the wind
The wind allows the water to be dropped back into its larger body
The waves full of grace, meeting the wind where they are
Under this though is the ever present feeling that a storm is brewing

A gift appears, a ship adorned in white sails
There it sits where the water and sky collide
Reliance to keep the boat afloat remains only on their incomplete hearts
Tides are changing as are the winds

The water is at a standstill and refuses to help move the ship forward
The wind pushes and blows
Billows roll and push back
Each grows more forceful unwilling to bend but unable to force submission on the other
Through this they have lost sight of the mission to treasure the gift, this ship
Fighting for control over the gift they were given
The sea strives to be the master
The wind does not trust his dark waters
The waves begin to crash against the boat, it loathes the ship for invading his space
The wind breathes into the sails and drives it forward, fearing the sea will destroy it
Action and reaction between the two cause a viscous cycle to ensue
With each gale that howls louder than before,
There is a surge that merges with the waves that appeared before
A lover's quarrel with each one locking into the other's source of pain
Trash that had been hidden pains in the water is picked up by the wind
Combined with her own debris she accidentally hurls it at the sails
The once magnificent white sails are soiled and tattered, and yes even torn
With holes that cover the length of  the ship
The wind only passes through the sails
The water only passes through the body
Foolishly and Tumultuously the two forces continue to battle
Blaming and pointing, unwilling to see how each is has a responsibility
They do not want to continue with each other but they cannot imagine life without the other

With wood splitting and canvas torn, the ship is doomed
Fighting against instead of fighting for
A mangled mess now remains on the bottom of the codependent's floor



















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