Before I Died

The light I saw so bright, the stage it glared, I felt I’d melt away in my shadow. I found me lost enwrapped in shine of show, as loud clamor of strife in mind so blared. I sought solace in calm hermit forest, followed winding contours, I reached nowhere. I flew scaling the sky as there you were, a bird of folded wings restive in nest. The sky dissolved the cloud of dark dismay, the mind in flood I felt never so strong. Anchored in your longing, I faced the tide, inside the storm forlorn I saw me stray. I wished if you remained, me lured for long enthralled, in home of bliss before I died. _____________ April 19, 2023 Syllable count checked at HMS Contest : I Died Sponsored by : Craig Cornish