A Dark Journey Home (Free Verse)

My Journeying Has found me in places Of fear and desolation... However, as a warrior I can show no fear. I find myself continually Opening hearts of blackness The reflections Looking from within its storm Tears descending from this place of madness Are inexplicable… Yet, my message is one of a political nature Whispered in depth… Like black diamonds~ Amidst polished glass… Step after illustrious step, Searching after a memory… Finding an asylum from bloodied blackness Amongst the lost rising along a wall Of granite shaped crosses… The heart weeps A reservoir of tears… Looking from within my own reflections, Cast upon the lost seas of hope As a wanting desire To journey home encompasses my soul… An illustrious flag is now flowing half-mast My gear has been found… By admission, this is my homecoming, Step by step through the dale No more to hear hearts wail… Now ascending to the heights of the blue heavens My name is Richard Van de Buise I am amongst many countrymen and women That’s spirits have made it home… I hope that we shall have some peace now…