Treatise
I SEARCH OF A DESTINY
BEYOND THE REACH
OF WHAT I KNOW
BRIGHT AS THE NEW DAY
THAT HOVERS OVER ME
LIKE AN AIRY CLOUD
THIS BITTERNESS
THAT LINGERS HERE
TAINTING MY HEART
CLOUDING MY EYES
THE FEAR THAT MAKES ME TREMBLE
AND SHAKE, THIS MESS I AM
CANNOT KEEP, CANNOT DRAG ME DOWN
IN SPITE OF THIS
I CARRY ON
SEEKING THAT POT OF GOLD
BEHIND THE RAINBOW
I MUST WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS
IT IS FREEDOM I LONG FOR
THE HEAVINESS OF DOUBT
THE DENSE FOG OF LOSS, LIFTED
LEAVING ME IN OPEN FIELDS
TO ROAM
SCATTER THE EARTH, PALE CHILD
HEAR THE CALL
THE WILD SHOUTS
COME IN.
2001
Copyright © Tiffany Harvester | Year Posted 2018
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