Pray on a Wish

If you look back today

trying to see, to learn,

you step into a forest

regrets follow your soul

you cannot reach new butterflies

if feathers long ago

keep you trapped

under vow,

a key lost to unlock

your wishes flying above clouds,

heart knows it is all done,

let go,

and let it pass.

***

In holding on too tight

you forgot life is now

you dreamed, lost

you wished for eternal smile,

and then, it came undone,

but this one laugh you lost

isn't whole happiness

and love,

there is yet hope,

moonshine,

you can belong,

don't stay forgotten.

***

Keeping your soul

in a glass tower

won't add to joy

or sunlit tears,

you know,

you've seen it in your nightmares,

this cloud will stay unless you run,

meet hail, no fear, and no doubt,

your home is peaceful

in the night,

your heart resides

in deepest room

under rain fire.

***

Come into light, be young again

if years have passed since last

you trusted smile,

dare to try one more time,

one breath,

this second tells you secrets,

the wind holds colors

and learns whispers,

the song you gave, it keeps,

the words you said,

erased,

begin in twilight hope,

add kindness to your flight,

each dream that waited your return

will come awake

to meet your smile.

***

Darkness is not the end,

it only tells you of beginning,

how many times you start

once more,

how often you change path,

don't fear roads,

heart waits

your path into starlight is written

before you've known yourself,

before hurt changed your life

and spirit.

***

© 2022 Amy Christie

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Originally published on Simily