If I Can’t Overcome by Nolcha Fox

 

Art © Mike Armstrong

If I can’t overcome

 

the storm, let me be the stillness

that seeps into the clouds

before the rain.

Let me be the pressure drop,

a warning to take shelter.

Let me be the silence

that soothes the branches

just before the wind

announces snow.

Let me breathe in quiet

before the ocean surges.

Let me welcome calmly

whatever comes my way.

This poem appears in “End of Earth: A Collaboration of Poetry and Painting” by Nolcha Fox and        Mike Armstrong

 © Nolcha Fox

Nolcha Fox

 Nolcha Fox’s poems have been curated in print and online journals. Her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominee for 2023 and 2025 Best of The Net, 2024 Best of the Net Anthology. Nominee for a 2023 Pushcart Prize. Editor of Chewers by Masticadores.

Website: https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/ and 

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