Silver Lining

Silver Lining

Every cloud has a silver lining.

In the moonlight,

tears still flow—

some might linger.

(Maybe hating is better.)

Your smile

delaying its course

across the Milky Way.

(Maybe comfort is better.)

Your voice

in thousand pieces

along the mountain path.

(Maybe listening is better.)

Still here,

the slow release

of pain.

(Maybe clinging is better.)

At dawn,

among new shadows

your old letters.

(Maybe it was all for a reason.)

Remember:

The silver lining lies

in your heart,

always.

©2023 Cendrine Marrouat

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I wrote this poem in response to James & Oneg's Summer Writing Challenge Extravaganza. I was tagged to participate in the fifth challenge of the series.

Theme: "You’ve Got Mail! Challenge: start a story/poem with the last line of an email or letter you recently received."

The line that starts my poem comes from a friend's email I received a little while ago.

Check out all the prompts and rules below.

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Cendrine Marrouat is a writer, photographer, podcaster, blogger, anthology editor, and the co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms and A Warm Cup of Cozy. She has authored and co-authored more than 40 books, including The Train: A Short Story (2023), In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories & Flashku (2022), After the Fires of Day: Haiku Inspired by Kahlil Gibran & Alphonse de Lamartine (2021), Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku (2020), Walks: A Collection of Haiku (2019-2020), and In the Silence of Words: A Three-Act Play (2018).

Cendrine's work has appeared in many publications. She is the creator of the Sixku, Flashku, Sepigram, and Reminigram; as well as the co-creator of the Kindku, Pareiku, Vardhaku, and Hemingku.

Website: https://creativeramblings.com