Relationships

Relationships ferry you across the sea of emotion.
No matter what terrible storm may rouse those unforgiving waters, the relationship — if built properly — will see you through the worst of it.
It raises you up.
It keeps you up.
High and alive and cheerful in the warm sun.

But what about when the relationship sinks?
Perhaps it was done by a single hole; blasted through it,shattering it to unrecognizable pieces.
Or perhaps it was sunk by a million little cracks — alone not enough to do the job, but combined acting as a great hole.

All of a sudden — with no relationship — you begin to drown in emotion.
Swallowed by unabated sadness.
Unsure which way is up.
Plunged into the dark depths.

Can anyone help you out of there?
Do they even know you’re drowning?

How do you not succumb?
How do you find your way back up?
Can you ever see the sun again?

Art.
Expression.

Those churning feelings, snatched from the cold depths and frozen in time.
Quantified.
Captured.
Tamed.

The frozen sensations rise to the surface like icebergs.
Grab onto them and you’re plucked from the depths.
Again floating above the sea of emotion.

Do you really need relationships to be happy?
To have your time in the sun?
Yes they are the easiest way.
But you have the power within you as well.
The power to express.
The power to not just ride atop your emotion.
But to use them.

And who knows.
Perhaps that iceberg of artistry.
When viewed by another,
Can look so beautiful and sincere,
That it becomes a relationship on its own.