Cole - "Kayaks"

The visual of this poem speaks volumes. I have kayaked for many years and the free feeling it gives you is irreplaceable. Kayaking is something I use to escape my own feelings to be free of thought or worry. As watching the kayaks and the sun soaking the lake, there is still the feeling of emptiness. Sometimes it hurts to be at one with your feelings when they’re bitter and hurtful. Escape is needed; and when you have been deceived then the harsher the feelings and the harder they are to escape. This escape comes as detachment from all that is real at the time. The emptiness is all that is comforting, but reality must come back at some point. Reality is one of the most painful things to encounter.