The Sea Inside
by ianblackpoet
Life is but a waterway that feeds the sea inside,
As rain into a reservoir, and blood into a lung.
How is it my galleon became a vessel,
Hollowed out and swallowed by the waves.
How is it my northern star has burned its last,
And left the sky as cold as winter mist.
Has it come to be that Neptune’s fury lashes
As a rabid hound from in the deep,
Or have the angels wept a torrent of their sorrows
Down into the blighted, black abyss.
Upon the far horizon, there resides no dying light,
Nor lonesome moon to draw upon the tide;
In the darkness, I will suffer what awaits:
To drown amid the sea inside.
Ian Stewart Black 
I love nature’s use in poetry. I miss you, too. How’ve you been?
@poetically_truthful – Oh my, I didn’t actually expect to hear back from you, and certainly not so soon! This is cause for celebration n_n *Sips wine and bounces around merrily*I’ve been alive, my dear, with all that state entails; ups and downs, ‘to’s and ‘fro’s, circles and squares, bats and circumnavigation of the globe…. wait, what was I talking about? Since we last spoke, I started studying English at university, I’m now nearing the end of my first year. It’s fine but, y’know…. Not what I expected. I’m a little older, a little stronger, a little hairier, a little more social, though my intelligence, vocabulary and creativity seem to have slipped in recent months, which SUCKS! I haven’t written in over a month, so I feel like I’m crumbling to dust from the inside out. That sounds really bleak, so here’s a happy face: (n____n)How have you been all this time?? What has happened, where have you been, what are the colours of your days and nights?!?! Tell me these things :DXx
@IanBlack01 – You remind my of my goldfish, who I named Bubbles, because he had such a bubbly personality. I hope you don’t mind my comparing you to a fish… :)Congratulations on your journey through university! I’m actually going to be graduating community college (cheap tuition!) with my associates degree in psychology and will be transferring to a university in the fall to finish up my bachelor’s degree. I’m also working in retail management which is almost as exciting as it sounds… (not quite). Just been going on my own path, minding my own p’s and q’s. Sometimes it pays to set off in your own direction and leave the insanity of a world for a few moments in time.Don’t get too upset about your apparent writer’s block or whatever you may call it. I used to be something of an artist at some point. When the best thing in my life happened to me, it seemed as though that artistic well dried up. As time went on, I realized it didn’t. Instead of writing, painting or singing songs about my art, it was freely flowing from my heart like an untamed river. I was living it, and it was so great, I couldn’t find the words for it anymore. Maybe you’re going through that.
@poetically_truthful – I LOVE being compared to fish, and this is far from the first time… Maybe that should worry me, but it just makes me smile instead n__nA degree in psychology, eh?! Wow, that’s pretty damn respectable. I considered a future in psychology, but when I actually came to study it it was nothing like I imagined… partly because the teacher was terrible (when she actually bothered to turn up, that is).I love the way you speak, it has notes of whimsy, wit, warmth and wisdom… The best combination imaginable D:I think you may be right. I’m actually enjoying life right now, smiling and laughing more than I have in years, and happiness is a dangerous thing to a writer ¬__¬ I think that I need to either fall in love (preferably unrequited) or have some tragic accident befall me. Crazy and stupid as this sounds, I’m kind of hoping that something terrible does happen if it means that I can write again. Better to be a broken writer than a mended human, for me anyway. Xx
@IanBlack01 – I’m sorry to hear that. You are worthy of love and acceptance without having to go through tragedy in order to write poetry.
In the darkness, I will suffer what awaits. To drown amid the sea inside. feeling this tonight. good write!!