Amid the Jagged Shadows

"Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs; " Samuel Taylor Coleridge Silence lifts my burdens of fear As I make my way through the trees Branches scratching at my tear Reminding me that I have all that frees The tears of grief walk across my breast Touching my heart with gentle pressure Thankfully I still don’t feel very stressed Despite the pain of this saddened gesture It is a pain that can’t be measured in days It lifts the mind from its moments of haste Never aware that is still needs to praise Or find that its loving will surely be disgraced Sorrow flows freely through my very bones Discouraging, depressing, destroying my heart Knowing it is a sorrow not from mere hormones It is a death that feels like anguish does impart Where there was once a beautiful forest in June Now there is muteness amid days of November It is here that I find misery amid the gloom There are days of joy that I can still remember Sorrow so deep that it shades my world in gray Brings me a feeling of angst that colors my world For days, through the misery, I continue to pray The blues that I’m seeing keep my heart swirled Drifting through the bare, naked limbs of trees I find my spirit soothed by the light drifting through Sunlight that warms my heart; it does please Soothing away the heartache that was my due Sweet stillness gives answers from God above As He answers all the prayers I’ve sent through He breathes answers that fulfill my heart’s love Giving me back a sense of peace, a breakthrough November 20 2019 Writing Challenge 3, November - Any Form Sponsor, Dear Heart - Wisshkobi Ode