Waterfall of Worry

A prompted ekphrastic poem

Photo by on

Cascading thoughts
Impeding actions
Racing toward the edge

Swirling images
Rambling worries
Falling off the ledge

Plummeting emotions
Embracing falsehoods
Scrambling with the pledge

Fledgling promises
To be more positive
Through future diving falls

Rookie mistakes
To be pulled undertow
Before the improbable mauls

Novice acclamations
To be released from the burden
After misfortune’s calls

Emerged from the froth
Wholly unscathed
Floating in warm serenity

Until the current pulls
Again

I am both impulsive and an overthinker. The secluded waterfall with its pristine pool is a fabulous image for what happens in my head all the time. When I saw this photo in this prompt by

Chelsea Marie

, I saw it way differently from the words she had given to include: refresh, brisk, revitalize.