{"sf1_id":365102,"sf2_id":"rn60oL0e","title":"Poem #54: The Sea","author":"bhscorch1313","words":153,"posted_at":"2012-04-14T00:23:00.000Z","tags":["Poetry","chaos","life"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/365102-poem-54-the-sea","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn60oL0e","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/b0/1b/b01b4e89-620e-45b4-939e-d9d5b47d6828","description":"#55 of Poetry\n\nThis poem is a creative writing assignment, where we chose 15-20 words from a given poem and created a poem of our own from those words.\nAnother poem about the chaos in our lives. Enjoy.","content":"_The Sea_\n\nSome things in life aren't clear  \nWe hear the lies and truths  \nIntertwine into each other  \nAnd sometimes,  \nWe cannot tell the illusion  \nFrom our reality\n\nWhat we feel  \nIs not what always should be felt  \nWe do not understand  \nWhat is beyond the light  \nOr hidden beneath the darkness\n\nWe look at death  \nIt glares back and smiles  \nKnowing it will win  \nIt know that everyone  \nWill die eventually\n\nSometimes our state of being is threatened  \nThe music is blinding  \nThe light is deafening  \nWe are lost inside our dreams\n\nIn our sleep we lie vulnerable  \nExposed to the knife of doubt  \nTravelling through our minds  \nWe cannot feel the force of madness  \nUntil it is too late\n\nClarity is such a treasure  \nWade through the sea of turmoil  \nInside your mind.\n\n~bhscorch\n\n[![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd/3.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)  \n\"The Sea\" by bhscorch is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/365101-poem-53-regret.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/365103-poem-55-coming-to-terms.json"}}