Life and Light

the same each day - no different is my night
I yearn for light inside my dismal fold
The joy I seek eludes my feeble sight ......

My profile low - restrictions far too tight 
Of time and sense of nature growing old
The same each day - no different is my night.

Mt soirit low - cleft too bereft for flight
Cross shadowed - squeezed into a mortal mould
The joy I seek eludes my my feeble sight ...... 

The "Soup Run" warms me in pitious plight
A hug a caring female hand to hold 
The same each day - no different is the night.

Gone (almost) is the life I thought my right
Undead I cling to clay while growing old
The joy I seek eludes my feeble sight ......

Eclipsing life itself - a human blight
Unloved - unwashed - my spirit unconsoled 
The same each day - no different is my night.

My rose has bloomed - and blossomed in the light 
A bteath of warmth has blown away the cold
Th joy i seek for suddenly in sight ......

YES .....  Now I glimpse a bright celestial light
And feel this day will now to joy unfold
A bright new day - the passing of the night
The joy for which I sought - at last in sight !!!!!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Agustin Avatar
September 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
A  Avatar
January 28, 2016 at 11:37 AM
AWESOME POEM........SKAT
Brown Avatar
May 17, 2010 at 4:37 AM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup John. Wishing you the best in your writing endeavors. If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol
Abd Avatar
May 16, 2010 at 7:01 AM
awesome
Chachere Avatar
May 15, 2010 at 4:54 PM
lovely poem. and very sweet, you have an awesome name too! hope you have a blast here. -Always&Forever Lynette
Chircop Avatar
May 15, 2010 at 7:33 AM
I'm reading this beautiful poem. .Hope you'll do no 'Soup run' and keep posting,I love those roses blooming,that celestiene sky,and though we ll grow older by time,we can always live in blissful 'light and love'of another tomorrow. .great wrk.. .John...Charma.
Mehta Avatar
May 15, 2010 at 7:28 AM
Nice expressions of thoughts. I enjoyed this villanelle.
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