Clouds

Clouds Sweet as the day is, I look away. My mind goes forward , I look back. Can't see the future only the past, the sun is shining, But I can't see the light. My mind is in disarray. Entrenched ideas stop, Black fog is the spirits blight. Can't keep it away, The past comes to haunt, torment and pursue. Shadows come with no retreat. Relinquish the phantom inside my head, so I might visualize, outward instead. Looking ahead for my solution. Turn the switch and lift the veil. I don't want to see clouds on this sunny day. Anne Rutherford copyright 2008 Poems From The Heart Series

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Bonchance Longfall

Date: 3/27/2013 6:46:00 PM

Love how there is the struggle to see the sun. The moment is well captured in your words.

Joseph May

Date: 6/7/2012 8:17:00 PM

nicely done Anne...thanks for stopping by...Joseph

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 3/14/2012 8:18:00 AM

I can feel the gloom, the sadness in this poem and I hope there are sunny days ahead. If only we could turn a switch on and off and not need a solution. Insightful poem . love phyl

John Aaron Green

Date: 1/19/2012 8:16:00 PM

hope you are fine,,my dear friend,,i am doing great,,just moved and downsized,,but doing good,,,this is such an emotional,,,poem,,anne,,,i often look way ahead for my solutions,,as i always want a sunny day to,,,,,luv jon....

Gwendolen Song

Date: 1/8/2012 10:22:00 AM

Hi Anne...I can feel the despair in your poet's pen here and I only wonder from where it originates..hopefully this is not a prolonged plight for you dear. Sending hugs your way...Your way with these cloudy images are superb..Love, Gwendolen

Daver Austin

Date: 1/4/2012 3:51:00 PM

I shant deliver a homily on this one, Anne. At 82 I am constantly reviewing what happened ages ago, blind to all good things present. A good mind bender. daver

Robert Johnson

Date: 12/27/2011 1:05:00 PM

Only love can break a heart. And make the sunshine rain. It's sad when someone has to part. And cause us so much pain. But God is there right from the start. And he'll be there once again. The first line is from that song by Gene Pitny. May you find a way to love the clouds and let them ease your mind. So that your heart will know the love you lost is there for you to find.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/24/2011 8:50:00 PM

Anne... Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. May your Wishes come true this coming Year! God, bless you and your happy family. Always, here to enjoy the love that goes around the soup... ~p.d.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 12/21/2011 12:04:00 PM

Sad,but well written Anne. Merry Christmas to you,famely and friends. OXOX Love Anne-Lise

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 12/21/2011 11:12:00 AM

I enjoyed reading your poetry today Anne. Wishing you a New Year filled with inspiration and the best to you in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. Love, Carol

Debra Squyres

Date: 12/21/2011 8:39:00 AM

Ohh dear one. I feel the pain in this one. So glad to see you post again. Merry Christmas to you and your family, May you find the sunshine within yourself on cloudy days. Holidays are rough when we loose a dear one...praying for you my friend !!