Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Find my inner self,

I wrote a poem for the Montreal International Poem Contest, but unfortunately, I didn’t advance to the next stage.  Perhaps next time! Here’s the poem I wrote, and I feel it’s quite powerful.


Find my inner self

In the ocean


Am I asking all these questions for nothing?

When I look out into the ocean I still see all these memories floating around me 

Pulling me down, making me heavy

I find myself standing up and feeling the hot sand underneath my feet 

When taking a step and another step towards the ocean 

I can hear the waves calling out for me 

Find myself running in the water and feel the waves hitting my legs 


Just imagine that I am  a dolphin and swim 

Jump in the ocean like a dolphin and start swimming in the endless ocean 

I stopped and see where I am and there’s nothing around me 

Just the waves crashing into me 

I take a break and turn on my back and just lay having the sun shine down on me 

And then I find everything comes up to the surface 

I finally let go of the secret that I have been carrying on my shoulders for years 

It slowly dissolves in the waves