With Each Breath

Love was in a harvest beneath crimson skies Unknown to the beloved before their eyes Hope almost forgotten through losses in the past Only misty fragments floating in memory to last Too focused on the deep, dark shadow of pain In the left over puddles laying after the rain The tempest from yesterday had blown away dreams Leaving the heart coming apart at the seams But, with the grace of God came the shining light On the shore of new beginnings waiting in sight Compassion renewed, turned rust into gold As two came together, truth would be told Smiles were blooming across miles of land Impressions made on ground where they stand A love strong enough, it could never die Was so bright, it lit up the entire sky With each breath taken slowly and words left to say There is this love that no storm can blow away Heidi Sands 4/7/18 *Placed 2nd in the 10 word contest Words Required: Crimson, Forgotten, Grace, Harvest, Love, Misty, Shadow, Shore, Tempest, Yesterday.