One Week Later, I am a jellyfish. A soft translucent membrane, weightless in cool indigo water. I ascend slowly and concentrate on the movement of air and water: in and out, in and out. Sound is a thick murmur. Light is a quick flicker.
Below me trail tentacles, streamers of sensation and feeling. They dangle quietly, waiting. I have finally gathered these moments of tranquility, but there is still the threat that, though hanging idle, those tentacles will tangle with some mysterious something, electrify and strike.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Jellyfish
Posted by ashley at 5:29 PM
More thoughts on Medication, NaBloPoMo, Panic, Peaceful, Side Effects
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Well said.
you make even misery and struggling sound beautiful and poetic. Hope it's at least cathartic to write about it. . .
thats a fantastic "today"...
if i were currently in the ocean i would be an anenome. i want the current to move me but i want to stay firmly attached to my rock. i am tourquoise.
What a lovely post. You have such a way of saying things!
Thank you, ladies. I suppose creativity is a worthy consolation prize for my current circumstances.
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