the whirlwind of life

As my grey blades swiftly slice through the space
I make wind and energy come to life
In front of me is nothing but a face.
A face of a woman enduring strife

As she watches me go around and round
Feeling chapters of her life slip away
She longs to regain grasp but no way found
Her mind can only see that day in May

When all control had break free from her hold
Off seemed like the greatest possible choice
Has life’s circumstances made her that bold?
Thank God for his always-ensuring voice

Realizing the bad chapters have past
And the good ones are spinning along fast.

The Whirlwind Of Life
The whirlwind of life is a sonnet of a story about a woman. This poem was written in its own direction rather than forced upon to fit a certain criteria. The ideas began to flow and it formed into a story, which I believe is a true story for many people.
In the beginning of this story the woman is deep into the slump of her life and is about to hit rock bottom. She just can’t seem to find a way out and her own existence on this earth no longer feels like she’s in control. Her existence on this Earth felt like a fan that’s on, but having no affect on anything. Time was going by just as the fan continuously spun and one day she just couldn’t handle the circumstances life has given her anymore. She felt like death was better than dreading through everyday on this planet with no purpose whatsoever. However, the voice of God reaches her, and she listens. She realizes that there is a purpose to life and knows that God is in control. Now that her life is committed to God the good days are arriving.
The way the fan is symbolized is not directly the life of the woman, but how life is in general. Each revolution of the fan represents a chapter of our life lived. The control panel on the fan shows the options we have for each day. We can keep it on “power”, live life to the fullest on “high”, go through each day mindlessly on “medium”, live life with no purpose on “low”, or forget about life and just turn it “off”. Sometimes we have great revolutions and other times the worst ever. But in the end it all balances out and we just got to remember to stay strong during the bad ones and wait patiently for the good ones.
For each stanza there was no actual theme in mind, but I just continued on with the story. In the first stanza I introduce the character and the life she is living. I also incorporate the fan in and show that it represents life. The second stanza and three lines of the third stanza are the body of the story. It talks about how the woman’s life is in pieces and unable to mend. I conclude the story in the last line of the third stanza and the last two lines. In these last three lines so many things were trying to be said, but I had to condense it so that it was said in only three lines. In the story when suicide is an option, it is not my belief of life that death is the answer to what seems like unfixable problems. However, to include what I believe I added in the line “Thank God for his always-ensuring voice”. It’s not very specific, but I wanted it to say that because God was now in her life she saw that there is a purpose to live and that is to live for God. As this sonnet was written in its own direction the inspiration for this poem actually came from the many testimonies I have heard from strong growing Christians. This story itself is like a testimony about how this woman’s life was saved by God and that knowing him has changed her life forever. My last two lines, “Realizing the bad chapters have past, and the good ones are spinning along fast” show exactly that. The trust she has in God comes with the assurance of everlasting joy and peace.