By Kelly Okoniewski

My heartbeat follows the rhythm,
Of the sound of the sea.
Each wave a pulse of life,
That is a part of me.

Waves crash and smack the rock,
Troubles in me stir.
My turbulence manifest,
With every roar and whir.

Then the calmness of the tide,
Brings peace to me.
Everything else forgotten,
Just me and the sea.

Kelly Okoniewski is a poet and a writer. Her work has appeared in WestWard Quarterly, Sacred Journey, Sparks of Calliope, Farmer-ish, The Journal of Undiscovered Poets, Sailors Review, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Spare Parts, Rebellion LIT, and Flash Fiction Magazine. In 2023, she won the Pennsylvania Poetry Society’s Who’s News in Prize Poems Award. Kelly lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and son.

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