Beyond The Beyond &#8211; International Bipolar Foundation

By: Sophia Falco

He resurfaced as I used to be

drowning on the park, dragging

me down additional on such a pristine

day: kids operating about, taking part in disguise

-and-seek, laughing, groomed canines barking,

chasing muddy tennis balls and a few not muddy

but I attempted to hunt

refuge away by sobbing

on one other totally different bench nonetheless

on land, however haven’t landed within the

current whereas the reminiscence of him not

to shut to house as a result of house is undefined to

me, and I assumed what if I don’t make it too, haunted

by his absence of

presence, throughout the opposite

facet lies the past not a pond,

presently I’m barely above the currents,

swirling are the whirlpools, blurring of the

now, the longer term far more than a distant dream,

the previous raging just like the river, these nightmares burst

that dam of self-preservation,

a reservation, reserved, to serve, no,

I’ve by no means served on a battle area, however

these demons in my thoughts lurk and turn out to be

greater consuming the current, and I look within the mirror

not understanding who I’m, I’m who I’m and he or she doesn’t

prefer it! I simply need an outstretched hand to know, and dialed

the telephone to succeed in

my rock on their own within the

park, this temper greater than the

horizon, to rise just like the solar to rise from

mattress as an alternative of caught caught caught performing like

I used to be 5 making an attempt to not die repeating: “I don’t know”,

actually I knew however there have been no phrases in my vocabulary

to explain that immense ache, the flooding of reminiscences

to roll the cube, the

playing cards have been dealt not revealing

my opinion on them but making an attempt to

break this cycle, I cannot be one other

who falls, the falling of leaves, altering of

the season, to vary to be the particular person I’m meant to be.

Blogger Bio

Sophia Falco is a devoted poet since she finds poetry important to her understanding of the universe. She is the writer of Farewell Clay Dove (UnCollected Press, 2021). In addition, she is the writer of her award-winning chapbook: The Immortal Sunflower (UnCollected Press, 2019), the winner of the Mirabai Prize for Poetry, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Furthermore, Falco graduated magna cum laude together with the very best honors within the Literature Department at The University of California, Santa Cruz. Her Bachelor of Arts diploma is in intensive literature with a inventive writing focus in poetry. She is honored to be beginning a extremely regarded Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) Program for poetry together with a educating fellowship she accepted for Fall 2022. Falco is on her approach to make her dream job turn out to be a actuality to be a Professor of Poetry.