Untamed

Image credit: Marie Duffy- Taken at a sunset in Lanzarote

Below is a short poem I wrote this evening while scribbling in my notebook. I don’t usually write poetry but this came to me while reading Rick Rubin’s book on creativity.

The crashing of the waves against the rocks

Angry, wild, untamed,

Just like emotions,

Beyond control

Learning how to be in the world 

How to live and feel comfortable in my own skin

With all my discomfort.

But even the sea can be tamed 

A swimmer can navigate their way through the waves,

A surfer learns to ride them into shore. 

You cannot control the sea, 

but you can learn to master it. 

By Marie Duffy