Poem: Still

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Still

You stand on the last rock,
facing the sea,
your calmness an illusion
a passing fancy,
a lie
you do not mean to tell.

It is your nature,
stillness.
Too often mistaken for strength
or power,
it is the opposite.
uncertainty,
a watching,
a waiting.

About this poem

I often seem more confident than I am. I don’t know why. I just do. It’s handy sometimes, troublesome at others. But it just is.

Tom

6 comments

  1. The picture is lovely, yours? Wonderful words to match.
    I think the term is “never let them see you sweat”…even if you are screaming or crying inside.

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