Soul At Peace Poem by Ludvig Von Himmelstein

My soul is still now
It is at ease
Deep clear water
With No Ripples
No Lack of Potential Energy
But Ambition and Ego
Take a Back Seat for Now
To Harmony and Family
A deep resonant baritone
Replaces the jagged jingler

The frenetic Storm
Of the past year's work
Has given away
To a deeper, richer texture
Still Capable of entertaining
But focused inwardly now

Do we book
Our own passage
On Life's stormy waters
Forgetting the beauty
Of the Hearth?

Or do storms find us
And Carry us away
So that if we survive
And swim ashore
Our lives will be that much richer?

Not knowing
I will cling to the shore tighter
The next time
I will plant more trees on the shore
To throw my arms around
And dig my nails into the sand
Not to be pulled away again

My life is so full now
Could it get any fuller?
Would treasures be worth
Any more risks?

But if the choice
be the seas to carry me away
Sea be forewarned
I'll beat you once more
With rhymes and prose
with lyrics and verse
all that is clever but
short of a curse
I'll plunder your treasures
and carry back your charms
to the nearest and dearest
people around! !