The Cloak

The Cloak

The cloak of darkness gathers ancient woes
from yesterdays, unveiling broken dreams.
Reality now threadbare, heaven knows
each day a silhouette with altered seams.
Emotion’s ragged pockets lost in years,
a masquerade of changes, pain’s design
with patches intertwined amongst the fears
of voyage weaving shadows unbenign.
Though darkened, tattered edges filled mirage
while fickle time continued dancing thread,
that haunted past in vivid decoupage
became too small to wear when angels led.
Today, the cloak remains within the chest
where feathered, treasured moments came to rest.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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January 30, 2016 at 5:20 PM
JANET, Dropped by to say hi and congratulate you on having your poem selected by Soup's Administration. This is a wonderful poem to have featured on the homepage. Always & Forever! LINDA
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June 12, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Beautifully written and great rhythm and rhyme. A wonderful job. God Bless, JB Sorry haven't been around much lately. Puter is giving me lots of grief.
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June 2, 2012 at 6:06 AM
Love it!! Love the flow!! An awesome morning you have cast upon me from your writings.
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June 2, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Thank you for your wonderful comment. Take care. Janet
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