Again this one does not quite fit yet.
Discarded wet suits
Drying in the breeze
A sad looking bag of charcoal
Crunched up
Holding the potential for one more BBQ
But not here
Not now
Not on this holiday
ANYMORE
Sadness creeps up
The simple life
Of our ever-so-slightly moving abode
Will soon be packed away
For another summer
August has just begun
But for us the summer is over
100s of emails looming
I have 48 hours leeway
And mentally push
Against the tidal amplitude of work-life
I love my work
But the constant pressure
Like currents in the sea
I have rowed against
Had become too much
I hope my learning
Will last and like my kayak
I will only put the paddle into the water to steer into the right direction
Occasionally
And not dispense all my energy rowing against the swell
I won’t fight
Against the tide
Anymore
Poetry by Nathalie 