The Landing

the-landing
What: Poetry
Where: USA

When they tell you you’ve
had a nervous breakdown
you become like an astronaut

you find yourself drifting,
pleading for someone to provide you
with the right equipment.

In the right space
you can deploy like the Eagle
confronting the “magnificent desolation” resolutely.

To be able to sink your feet into the
lunatic surface will be a revelation
tip-toeing through craters formed

long before you were born.
If you run low on fuel
at least you will have finally seen

what those wounds look like
up close and personal and like
the dark side of the moon

allow the parts unseen to be
tucked back into envelope
of your universe.

The discovery-
every exploration takes time
and patience.

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Article by Tak Erzinger
TAK Erzinger is an American/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background. Her debut poetry collection, Found: Between the Trees is a chronicle about a life interrupted by mental illness. Its poems are a reflection of how love, nature and hiking nurtured and fostered an injured soul suffering from acute-childhood trauma and PTSD, leading to a path of redemption. This collection takes the reader on a journey of love, loss, forgiveness and healing. Her poetry has been published by The Curlew, The Cirrus Poetry Review, The Beautiful Space Journal, The Mojave He[art] Review, The Origami Poems Project and The Rising Phoenix Review and many more. Last year TAK began a walking pilgrimage on the St. Jacob’s Way through Switzerland. Her most recent interviews can be found at swisspats.com and SwissPats met a poet, don't ya know it.
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