A New Dawn – Poetry
A New Dawn
An unexpected chill cuts through me
One late summers night
No, it can’t be. It’s far too early.
Hope still clings to dwindling light.
Like a blanket Autumn falls
Over my shoulders, yet keeps me not warm.
I retreat inside frosted walls,
To steel myself for the coming storm.
The fire is lit, curtains pulled tight
I should have been better prepared
I grieve for the day, give way to night.
Scornful. Solemn. Scared.
A thick fog carpets the ground
And I stumble through day after day
In my thoughts, I feel I am drowned.
Trapped in a cycle, grey after grey.
A glimmer of light, warms my lidded eyes,
Through the clouds, through my walls.
It slices, it burns, it heals; I cry.
I blink warily toward the skies.
In his radiance, the clouds dissipate
Like a loving fathers’ embrace
My walls are thawed, as he illuminates
Tears of joy fall from my face.
I proclaim; “I am found, I am found!.”
But my son, you were never really lost.
Even as you wandered, staring intently at the ground
Amongst the darkness, and the frost.
You needed space and time to rest
To go inwards and reflect.
For my absence was merely a test
And now it’s time to reconnect.
This new reality dawned upon me
That even in the bleakest and darkest of nights
Open your eyes, look closer and truly see
Deep within yourself, you’ll find the light.
By Taylor J Hayes
With Gratitude
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A Flash of Inspiration.
I’m quite new to the form but am increasingly finding it to be a great medium for expressing short and impactful stories, most people don’t have time to invest in a whole novel these days, so these short bite sized bursts are far more digestable.
Poetic Catharsis.
Scary as it may be to bare my soul to the world through my poetry, it is most cathartic and genuinely helps me to understand my emotions more deeply. Quite often I’ll have an overwhelming cocktail of feelings that once put to paper, are much simpler and easier to categorise, and therefore deal with in a healthy way.
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