The Storm Poem by Lynn Herr

AYYYE! THE STORM IS JUST OVERHEAD!
My head is just not functioning, right now.
WAVES SO HIGH, HIGHER, HIGHER THEN darkness
Just try to decompress, keep CALM
BLINDING, DEAFENING, CRACKLING ACROSS the sky
Your quick wit twisting INSIDE ME,
BITTER SALTINESS sweeping me away
Thoughts drowning, CHOKING ON WORDS,
GRASPING for, (sighs) , this,
YOU keep me afloat with your smile.
I keep me afloat, I can see me, now, no storms.