By Simran Seera
The Great Wave of Kanagawa:
I could feel its presence,
Its shadow envelopes me, completely.
I find myself in the middle,
Of an ocean I never thought to be deadly.
But still, I looked into the eyes of death,
The hues of deep green cascaded around me.
Frozen, in a moment trapped by time,
I was left to admire Nature’s beauty.
He was powerful and strong,
He had motive in his purposeful strides,
Although he was completely still,
There was grace in the movement of this tide.
It forced my people into air,
It lifted us higher and higher,
It made us feel alive,
Yet, I am one of the few survivors.
But did I truly survive this wave,
Or did it let me escape?
For nature has its own mind
And I have my own fate.
Frozen, a moment in time,
Frozen, trapped in my mind.