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recuperation

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Body betrays while caught in a tempest

The mundane morphs in peculiar ways

A silent storm stirring within you brews

With each surge, it claims a piece of you.

 

The office now a swaying deck

Unsteady ground, a wretched mess

Fingers clutch with fierce might

Against this inner sea’s harsh battle.

 

Eyes search for anchors in the gloom

Against the tides, the waves that tower

Each heartbeat echoes stormy tales

Each breath a ship in windless expanse.

 

In this struggle, churning chaos prevails

Turbulent thoughts, relentless strains

Yet, within, a warrior stands tall

Facing nature's wild challenges.

 

May calm return, like dawn’s light

And your path steady once more

After every storm, calm follows -

Assurance you can endure anything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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