Fire and Ice

Brilliant and dull, Losing and winning, Seeking and finding – Among the dreams, a feeling… She risks her heart, And, finds her hope. She rises in the morning, To erase the darkest fears. She wonders through shadows, To abide beneath the light of love. She kisses away the past, With laughter because she’s gone. Beautiful and hideous, Winter and summer, Chaotic and peaceful – Despite her faith, she blunders… She lingers in her self-pity, Still facing the battle with vigor. She wrecks the music, Playing notes of pale and weak. She invites the prayers, Then silences her screams. She is an echo of yesterday, While still awaiting tomorrow’s lease. She is wild and willing, Welcoming the moments, while… She decides who she will be, Her heart and soul grow wings, And she is awkward in her melancholy. But, she still grieves… Pieces of her destiny, pieces never settled. Black and white, A frown and a smile, Right and wrong, Even what she knows grows thorns, She reaches for the stars, While playing in the dark. She embraces the gentle ones, Never sure of their calm. She dreads Autumn’s close, While the snow accumulates in her soul. She is the end and the start, Where she goes, hope follows her home. She regrets those barren years, But her heart remembers and fears. She is good. She is bad – Yet, her faith is like her breathe, Always there, always exhaling… Moments in prayers, prayers who know, Beyond this world, there is life – Love so amazing - it is her reason for praising Humble and prideful, Abundant and wanting, More or less.. She is everything and nothing, And, always… she knows she’s been chosen… For this very moment, for this very life, For this very joy and peace – love that never leaves, Because, forever and always – Oh, yes… She believes!