When all seems hopeless
and the wind howls its lonely song
and the ocean, once a friend, burns white
each wave a muted sob, like broken plates
heard crashed through bedroom doors,
and the burnt blood brick of the sea wall moans
as if about to crack

remember
this is nothing
but a mad rush
and one day you will look back
on your anguished self
as a parent does a child
all pink cheeks and trembling
lips, mourning
the astonishingly important loss
of a birthday balloon
to the clear blue sky.

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Listening to Mad Rush by Philip Glass helped write this poem