Realization
Realization-
Pain comes creeping in on little cat’s feet
Through memories that haunt and flow
flow, infringe on butterflies - that dance eerily
shattering visions know only as childhood,
Thoughts tumble, like
a tornado of mispoken words
deep sobs echo
losing their way
and resonate within
Mercilessly
tired eyes cry
rivers of pain
The shadows of a hundred days
Lost sleep
despite my heart
The silence
breaks in
And I embrace the dark and
jagged shards.
Desolation
Isolation
pulls towards me
encompassing
my inner self
To ask again
Who am I?
Spiraling
screaming
for acceptance
culminating in expression
beyond the waves
searching the deepest chasms
of this life’s journey
Hope does not show her face
It rains on the carnival
And all the pretty colors run together
just silence
forever lost
overwhelmed with
self grief.
Hope waits within expectation
testing the faith
empowering my soul
and I breathe.
Deeply, fulfilling myself,
for today
I am.
Copyright © Traci Schrader | Year Posted 2006
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