Open Waters

Spawned from a comment I made that I liked enough to put into the notebook and tinkered with until I had an entire poem.

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The river of companionship is steady
with calm but strong waters
that keeps at bay ripples
of disquiet that explode
into hurricanes of chaos.

No boat need be required.
Just yourself in earnest.

Each pure smile a song
to soothe every storm
into an early rainbow.

Every heartful guffaw
a serenade that woos
every tsunami into
an …