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When the Magic Spell Is Broken

When the magic spell is broken and the fog begins to lift.
And the heat of the day breaks through and clarity is no longer adrift.

The damp quickly dries and the light erases doubt.
No longer in the comforting mist things are so clear they shout.

It takes a while to exit that mist when its rose colored glasses you wear.
And its grief you experience because even so you still care.

So stop and smell the roses, feed the soul, sooth the heart.
A new day has dawned and with it a new start.

When the magic spell is broken. - Artimus (C) Susan Manley 11/3/2009
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Robinson Avatar
January 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Lovely poem...brings meaning to many things and situations. Well done!
Maverick Avatar
January 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Very moving Susan..A write to feed contemplation; in my estimation at The moment in the U K its early morning A new day starts.'
Empress Avatar
September 8, 2023 at 5:22 AM
So stop and smell the roses, i love that. Your rhymes are so captivating and the flow of this poem is so beautiful. And melodious. I absolutely loved reading this
Manley Avatar
September 8, 2023 at 8:48 AM
Thank you. Stop on back. I will be publishing more and writing a few new ones. I love your poem Starlit Symphony. Grief does live within us as does joy. We bottle it up and sip it like fine wine to recall that which was lost. For the joy that was there is wrapped in the sorrow of separation. And like two peas in a pod, it's hard to separate one from the other. Many of my pieces are philosophy in poetic form.
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