Writer:- Jen Meehan
Western Australia
BEYOND BLUE
Beyond blue
It’s a beautiful day.
And yet it almost slipped away
like turquoise drops from my oar.
status,
success,
wealth,
With seductive promises of rising
late night toiling
family friends fun forsaken forgotten.
“Are you okay?”
Mate’s query fly flicked away.
“Mate, we’re worried”.
“You’re living to work. Mate! You’re killing yourself.”
Like ocean tides they kept returning.
“Let us help you!”
“You’re
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k
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g”
Ocean floor deep I finally reached out.
They dragged me up never letting go
until my cloak of blue finally dissolved.
It’s a beautiful day.
Mates saved it from slipping away.