The Light Within

Blue stars shivered in the distance
The world around waited
Each day didn’t seem, each day craved it’s beams
No one could see, the woman
 
The chains of her past, interlocking
Tied her to a single moment in time
Her mind shackled, she leaped towards a setting sun
Squinting, grasping, and bound
Lost in the twilight
 
In an open, empty field
Alone in a lonesome dynasty
Amongst countless dreams
Nothing seemed, as it should.
 
Each day the sun would set
Each day she tried to forget
Until darkness would do as it could
 
But to the controlling darkness surprise
One day, Her strength came alive
Reborn inside of her love
 
And with interlocking chains in each hand
That woman took a resounding stand
And pulled her earth towards the setting sun
 
With blue stars turning white
Brightness overtaking an unending plight
She looked around and laughed at the undone
 
The fields came alive around her
With colors like you’ve never seen
She shined brighter than any setting sun
No longer shackled, creating her own beams
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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August 10, 2016 at 10:23 AM
Bobby Burns , Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :) Drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs **YNR - SKAT**
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August 10, 2016 at 9:20 AM
VERY WELL WRITTEN ... ENJOYED READING....
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August 10, 2016 at 6:05 PM
thank you, was written for a very special someone who has been struggling with PTSD
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