The Waves Carry My Doubts Out With Them
A Poem inspired by "Down by the Riverside" — a painting by Sharon Stone
There are paintings
you look at, and paintings that look back.
This one had red in the sky and two blues moving
like wind and water — and it reminded me
of the way nature simply goes on:
quietly beautiful,
endlessly forgiving,
asking nothing of us.
The Poem
I want to feel the breeze
that washes the ache away —
every wave clearing my heart
the way a new beginning
would kiss an old wound.
My eyes lose themselves in all that blue,
and for a moment
the past and what's coming
seem to forgive each other.
My mistakes reveal themselves
as experience.
The waves carry my doubts
out with them.
And here, in this moment,
I am more myself
than I ever knew I could be.
Closing
There's a moment at the water
where the past stops arguing
with the future.
Where the salt takes the sting
out of old scars,
and the mistakes you've carried for years
quietly turn into something else —
experience.
You don't come back from the sea
as someone new.
You come back as yourself.
About The Inspiration
Sharon Stone has a way of moving me with every painting she makes.
You can feel the passion in it —
the joy of someone who truly loves painting.
Art this alive doesn't leave you untouched.
Thank you for this beautiful work,
and for the art you keep sharing with the world.