From the Past

The past is like a secret hole It can make us cry and it can make us smile, It can bring gentle thoughts or it can bring depression, It can erase the stars from the sky And it can place the twinkling across the night, It can color the heart in joy and faith Still, it might turn the whole world to gray, It can inspire the soul to bring light to the eyes And it can blow out the brightest candle inside The past is like a suffering that can’t be consoled, It blends its history with the present, confusing The blessings and the richest treasures With melancholic fears and endless despairs, Feelings that bleed darkness into the air, Lifting the silence with hope and kindness, Spilling reassurance into the forever thoughts The ones that reveal truths that were sought By hearts who believed – when the stories Trickled through layers of pain, struggling To see the beautiful in the yearning, the brilliance In the thundering – the feelings so alive Music that fills the soul with complete insight The past is like a breathless sigh Stirring up feelings that awaken the sun Shining through the stillness, Illuminating the love that comes to life When two hearts meet and realize There is a reason beyond the laughter, A reason far truer than the here and now, A reason for these feelings that crowd out the doubts, Heal the past’s impressions with tenderness Affection that brings recovery from the anguish, Mending from the ache, knowing that this is a blessing The sweetest lesson – His overpowering gift Permission to let go of what once meant more, So that there is the chance to see through the dark Into the morning where there is renewed hope, Into the fresh start, the new day, the prospect – the grace That finds a way to bring music to the anxious soul, Beauty to the unsightly thought, a miracle of love and hope The past – long gone because love has won Through Him, we’ve overcome the black Made our way into the light that guides souls home To the never ending love that will always grow Inside those who know – even if you don’t Think your candle is bright… He is the One who silenced All the doubts and whispered joy to the soul He is the abiding love that sings the glistening into the stars, Brings miracles from the shadows and frees the heart To know the meaning of real pleasure… The pleasure of a light that stills all the ghosts of a past That might give us hope or might make us gasp, The past, with all its dreaded fears and years of doubt Struggles to see through the joy that time with this love Brought to the spirit who could see through the gloom, Into the blazing flames of a love that stills every pain! Random Phrases Contest Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Miranda Hawley Random Phrase: 11. even if you don't think your candle is bright June 12, 2023