Buoy Us

Buoy us

 Body, mind, soul

swallowed

into the abyss

the wall

fingertips brush against

yet not  quite…

splash into

the memory-well

so deep

oxygen eludes

—no tick—no tock—

reservoir of collected tears

dive into the depth

of our grief

surrender bursting lungs

buoy us up

forever-changed

into the light

                                                                –Elin Stebbins Waldal