There Is Great Beauty In Sadness

There is great beauty in sadness
Icy exterior, unyielding, unrelenting
You raised these walls and hid in your fragility
But there is great beauty in sadness
And enemies still want you nonetheless

Heartbroken, downtrodden, betrayed
It seems you died a hundred times that day
But there is great beauty in sadness
And ghosts are even more translucent
For light shines through them with great ease

You thought that you deceived us with your poise
Vacant stare, lifeless words, a raised shoulder,
But there is great beauty in sadness
You never really understood my love
That true grace remains unspoiled by human malice.

You drove away your penetrators, slightly still
Your frozen castle overlooks the hill
An icy kingdom of gloom and silence
Its gates sealed, only penetrable by the wind.

How long will the mists conceal your eyes
My bitter princess, my frail Queen
If Winter’s here and Spring arrives,
Can Summer be that far behind?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Karmakar Avatar
November 6, 2021 at 12:40 AM
Great poetry. Enjoyed it very much. It will obviously come. Regards, sk.
Panagou Avatar
November 6, 2021 at 5:05 PM
Thank you so much!
Dietrich Avatar
November 5, 2021 at 4:21 PM
wow, quite the poem here, Rafela!! I really enjoyed this. HOpe you will write more!
Panagou Avatar
November 5, 2021 at 4:28 PM
Thank you so much, Andrea! I really love your poems too!
De Beaulieu Avatar
November 5, 2021 at 12:33 PM
Hello Rafaela Panagou, so nice to meet you. When winter season comes it sometimes comes early. or it comes later. Whenever the winter comes it seems to stay too long. it feels aq long wait for the season spring season to come. Enjoy your day my friend.
De Beaulieu Avatar
November 6, 2021 at 6:32 AM
Hello Rafaela, This happens often. blessings my friend.
Panagou Avatar
November 5, 2021 at 4:30 PM
Thank you for your comment. That is so true!
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