Reborn

Written on November 7, 2024

I go to sleep 
I wake up
I’m not tired
but I’m not rested  
Just an everyday zombie

I’m so tired
but I can’t sleep
I can’t stop thinking about 
all the things I would have moved 
to higher ground if I knew
the flood was coming 

If I knew the flood was coming
I would have
I could have 
I should have
If I had known 

But I didn’t know 

We never know 
when the waves of life 
will come crashing down
swallow us up, spit us out 
and throw us back on shore 
heaving and gasping for air 
alive and wet 
like a baby born
fresh from the Mother’s womb
Pure and Holy