No Other Way
The winding wings spread wide
I fly aimless in the turbulent air
Across the fading hues of the rainbow
I get caught in the clutch of curling storm cloud
The silver lines disappear in the surge of darkness
Where I see the birth of rain drops
In the debris of shattered sky that falls
Making tears of the melancholic night.
My drenched wings become heavy
Can’t flutter any more like before
I drift like a dislodged despondent leaf
In the wild winds of the surging storm
Get sucked in the centre of its eye.
My vision turns obscurely opaque
Can't see though the maze of time and space
I spin unsanguine in the storm vortex
Get dumped in the depth of depression
Dreams break and hopes splinter
The shards of wrecked mind are blown away
In agony I close my wounded wings
The gust takes me to the horizon of no return.
That’s when after the storm-torn night
The divine dawn rises in sunburst splendor
The shine enters my soul on the beam of bliss
I find my folded wings unfurl
And in the vastness of the inner sky I fly again
In the tranquil continuum of eternal peace
For there is no other way to span life
It only seems that way.
March 22, 2021
Contest : It Only seems That Way
Sponsor : Kai Michael Neumann
April 22, 2021
Contest : All Yours (Apr 23)
Sponsor : Brian Strand
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