stuck in the middle of somewhere
for now it seem I’m off to nowhere
all around help is in breach
and people intimate are out of reach
The more i struggle to crank
In it more i successfully sank
Came then along an angel to preach
Saying the sand has but a lesson to teach
My situation is in the brink of a brink of stalemate
Indiscrete move would land me in a checkmate
I left my laden body floating in sand
Missing the solid hand of beloved land
No care and no fear
My confidence was soon tear
I began to slip slightly away
Fighting for my life to not sway
I braced to make one last hay
My agony someone did hear
To give a dampen coat of hope to wear
He can’t get me out of the trap
I have to, leaving behind my crap
Embracing myself to rise at slow rate
I began to slowly re-write my fate
Began i a search for the unseen lever
A plan to me that seems unclever
Suddenly i vanished into the safe length
On my lips lie a smile, the joy of the lesson learnt

Source: PoemHunter Poetry Series, 2013.