Blue Iceberg

 

I am so often fascinated by things that I see while traveling, and I use my photos of those things as the inspiration for poetry. This poem was inspired by this large iceberg we saw amidst all of the “tiny” berglets while cruising the Tracy Arm Fjord near an awe-inspiring glacier. It stood out for both its size and its color. Learning that the eye-catching color had to do with the density of the ice added to the allure.

Impenetrable density

Frigid features

Resting bitch face

A fortress for others

Trusted without trusting

Fortitude and aloofness

Constantly torn between

shining in the sunlight

and burying her pain deep

under the surface

Separated from the pack

Safety withdrawn

in a series of 

“I was hard on you,

so you could be strong.”

A beacon, a lighthouse

Blind leading the lost

Wearing trauma like armor

Earned, yet undeserved “strength”

a painful reminder

that she must protect herself

Outcast that never fit in

Wall flower

Constantly watching

the world swim by

Stuck in place

Held by the weight

no one ever sees

This poem was originally published on Medium within the publication Move Me Poetry on August 31, 2022.