no paddle, no problem
I’m still up shit’s creek,
But now I have a paddle;
I’ve lost some weight too,
So I don’t have to waddle.
The shit piled so high and deep,
I couldn’t see my shoes;
They had long since been lost,
While I was trying to wade though.
I had pulled up my bootstraps,
I had even bought some waders;
But don’t you know that shitty water,
Was chock full of alligators!
Swimming wasn’t an option,
I wouldn’t have gotten far;
Stuck in a ‘gator’s belly,
Like a specimen in a jar.
I had to find a boat,
Or at least make a raft;
Shit creek it was a risin’,
It was coming up mighty fast.
I had a second hand kayak,
I thought I could make do;
I jumped in and pushed off,
But I forgot a thing or two.
It would have been easier,
If I’d had a damn canoe;
It’s a lot smoother sailing,
When there is me plus you.
I also forgot my paddles,
Left them on the shore;
The current was too strong,
Going back an impossible chore.
So I stuck my hands in the crap,
And used them to gain some traction;
Got into the current,
Felt momentary satisfaction.
Pulled into a rip tide,
Ain’t going with the flow;
It’s buckle up and hang on,
You’re gonna see a show.
Sailing uncharted waters,
Really sucked at first;
I wondered is this a blessing,
Or is it more a curse?
Back to the beginning,
A place I’d been before;
I thought being back there,
Would be another mindless bore.
Imagine my surprise,
Enjoying something new;
At least it afforded me,
A different point of view.
Slowly I began to realize,
There were less dips and swells;
Every morning I no longer felt,
Like I was waking up in hell.
I found a tiny sand bar,
An island amidst the stream;
Clinging on fiercely,
Surrounded by fading dreams.
Someone had left a paddle,
And a long discarded boat;
And in someone else’s discards,
I found a shred of hope.
Now I have at my command,
The instrument of my own salvation;
The only question that now remains,
What shall be my ultimate destination?
Leslie Bertrand
©️Paradoxical Phoenix
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