Jessica Howell Poet Elegy

At the Darkest Time

At the darkest time
On the darkest day,
You took my hand,
You took me to play.

I thought it strange,
I thought it wise 
That there in the wood
The secret lies.

But then I saw it
The flicker of light,
The sound of birds
As they took to their flight.

The ray of sunshine
Filled your eyes,
Around us filled
With silent lies.

My smile was met
From cheek to cheek,
Your hand around mine
As your eyes grew weak.

I see your face
Amongst the light,
The day that soon
Transformed to night.

I’m alone now
And alone I’ll stay
Till the moon flips over 
And the sky turns grey.

But the hand that took,
Took me to play, 
Is there by my heart 
And there it will stay.

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John Rhinem May 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM Smile ˜ Sometimes I Feel In This Place I Am Walking Through A Revolving Door, My Dear Precious Lady ˜ Yesss, I Find A Lot Of Gray Skies Also; Love The Sunshine * Always, John!:) ˜

Jslambert Mister Roboto April 2, 2012 at 8:18 PM WhOAh... Tight wUrk. Jessica Howell. U related to Thurston or Misses Howell! Ha!

Melanie Hillmer March 21, 2012 at 2:35 PM Very well written. Thank You for sharing.

Jessica Howell November 29, 2011 at 5:13 PM Thank you Asra, I will be sure to do that :)

Jessica Howell November 28, 2011 at 11:02 AM Thank you both for your comments. Susan- I tried to create this poem surrounding the idea of death and a child looking back on the memories with someone close to them. "Around us filled with silent lies" is implying that the person who is close to death knows that they will not be around for much longer but the child does not know this. I hope this helped! Jessica

Black Eyed Susan November 28, 2011 at 10:39 AM I don't totally understand what's going on in this poem. it's a little confusing to me, so i hope you don't mind me saying so. i think it's the line "around us filled with silent lies" i don't know what you mean by that. if you want me to shut up, just let me know :P

Carol Sunshine Brown November 28, 2011 at 5:44 AM A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you this morning Jessica. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love and blessing always, Carol