The Falls

let your soul breathe.

let it blow away the broken pieces 

that dig down deeply

into your fragile heart

and scarred hands.

let your heart beat,

let it pulse wildly as it drowns out

the crashing sound of untamed water.

feel the earth move beneath you,

feel it spinning 

as you stand still and steady

though your life sways violently 

like a small boat in the middle 

of a war of fighting waves.

let your hopes sink 

into your heavy lungs.

breathe them in like fresh, cool ocean air

as the misty breeze tangles 

through your hair 

like iridescent streamers. 

let your held-in feelings sink

into the arms of the waterfall

as they hit the slippery rocks

and submerge beneath the river,

washing away the pain

that has flooded your mind

for far too long.