Solace



“Solace” 

Solace
questions
Love

the silence
captures
Sorrow,

like imprisoned birds;

opening cages,
Love,
lets Sorrow go

Solace sings to Rest

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

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Byeol Captain

February 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM

Good, it gives a nice perspective you didn't show sorrow as something bad and repulsive but give it a nuanced perspective.

Paula Goldsmith

November 13, 2023 at 10:19 AM

A lovey write. So very true. Open up the cage/let all sorrow go/let love in. "Wonderful" Have a wonderful day/week writing away....................

Lady Labyrinth

November 13, 2023 at 1:32 PM

Indeed, thank you Mme. Goldsmith. With much Love, as always. Love Joy Be.

Ts Poetry

November 13, 2023 at 3:20 AM

Do we open the cage and let it go or bring another one in to rest beside?

Lady Labyrinth

November 13, 2023 at 1:25 PM

Love cradles Sorrow for a while, comforting it in its arms, stroking it like a pet to be controlled, adored and loved, until Love realises that Sorrow needs free range to express itself. Eventually like all wild things, Sorrow needs to be released, to be transformed into something higher and more hauntingly beautiful. Love opens the door to and for Sorrow. The choice is Sorrow’s direction. Of course, interpretation is also poetically open, dear Poet. From observation, like Love, Sorrow adores company, like Love, Sorrow is not averse to sharing its cage with numbers of other Sorrows, all requiring to be fed, they eventually have their fill and leave, spreading their wings for Lighter realms.