Would you stay in the shade
if sunlight kept calling your name,
if roses reached to touch
your cheek,
your heart,
your spirit,
and set free
the will to play,
find yourself once again
inside the forest of one starry road,
where nothing seemed to shine,
now there is yearning
and the will
to go on
and believe.
***
If once fear belonged
in deepest soul room
and each night
it grew, festered
in anguish,
now you let it go free
not friends, not foes,
not tied in anger,
not afraid to see life
in all its colors.
***
Torment is at an end,
life comes in sunshine
and this light
doesn't scorch wishes,
and each butterfly
learns to dream once again
under a sunny leaf, caress,
beyond horizon
of one childhood story,
now is the future
of untold
emotions.
***
Grow young and old,
happy to be
here, the home you've known
on cliffs,
tomorrow waits,
not running anymore,
not chasing,
not falling in a precipice,
each dream you hold
is whole,
each wish you made
holds spirit
to compassion
vow,
promises to belong
now
and forever more.
***
Where have you left your smile,
is it up in the clouds,
or floating
undersea?
Ocean breathes
and your scarf,
the one you let fly long ago
brings back desires and a laugh
kept and beloved,
dare to go on
let waves wash pain in storm
of happy tears
and new memories
to warm your soul.
***
You are, you know,
you breathe
your life unfolds in mauve,
yellow inside,
your hope
hasn't left you, this time,
let it come out of mirror
look once again
the one you were
touches
your soul
what you will be
only your heart
can know.
***
© 2022 Amy Christie
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Originally published on Simily
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Amy Christie
Passionate writer and journalist, striving to create meaningful connections.
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