Starlight

 

I DREAMED A DREAM LAST NIGHT

THAT PAIN WAS HEALED BY STARS

SO I CLIMBED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE

AND GATHERED FOUR IN JARS

I SHOWED YOU WHAT ID GATHERED

MY PRIZES GLEAMED SO BRIGHT

WE TRAVELED OFF TOGETHER

SO WE COULD SHARE THE LIGHT

A SON WHO DIED TOO EARLY

WAS A MOTHERS PAIN TO BEAR

WE KNEW THAT WE COULD HELP HER

SO WE LEFT OUR FIRST STAR THERE

A WOMAN WORN AND BROKEN

ABUSED BY ONE SHE LOVED

THAT IS WHERE WE LEFT

OUR SECOND STAR FROM UP ABOVE

A CHILD WITH HER SPIRIT

BROKEN BY ANOTHERS WORDS

TO SHOW HER SHE WAS VALUABLE

TO HER WE GAVE OUR THIRD

OUR FOURTH AND FINAL TREASURE

GLEAMED MUCH BRIGHTER THAN THE REST

TO FIND THE PLACE TO SHARE IT

WAS THE LAST STEP ON OUR QUEST

WE CAME UPON A GRASSY FIELD

WHITE CROSSES IN THE GROUND

THE STAR SHONE EVEN BRIGHTER

AND WE KNEW ITS HOME WAS FOUND

WE OPENED UP THE JAR

AND LIFTED UP THE LIGHT

IT SHOT INTO THE AIR

AND MADE THE WHOLE PLACE BRIGHT

ERASING ALL THE PAIN

THE HURT AND ANGER THAT IT FOUND

BY THE DEATHS OF ALL THE BROTHERS

WHO LAID IN THAT HALLOWED GROUND.

Inner light

 In my own dark hour

I choose to be my light

Or bitterness and sorrow 

May lead to giving up my fight

But I will rise again though

Hardened my heart will be 

Never to share again with another 

I need not someone beside me 

I will journey on alone and 

Brace against the trials

I will face what's up against me

Though rarely share a smile

All the passing people 

Forever strangers shall remain 

For reaching out to know them 

May cause me too much pain

No longer any reason 

To care for others anymore 

It's time to lock forever 

My hearts once open door 

The world of those around me 

I will no longer see 

I'll never see another's pain

I choose now to see just me. 

All righteous indignation and selfishness you'll say

But loving any other has only filled my life with pain

Inside my world

 Inside my prison no one can see

The vibrant person I used to be 

Outside my window the world moves on 

Close to my reach yet just beyond

Pain engulfs me day after day 

Taking all of my joys away

I used to sing and laugh and dance 

Now I don’t have the energy to even be romanced

The fear of more pain has taken over 

Couldn’t even care for my best friend Clover

Excitement is over I adventure no more

Sitting here day after day has become such a bore 

When you go out and enjoy lunch with a friend 

Just remember I can’t do that anymore it takes too long to mend 

I ache for someone to come rescue me

From the inner and outer pain you don’t see

Don’t do this don’t do that 

Seems all that I hear 

Now I’m afraid to do anything 

Out of pure fear

To know how short the time will be 

That I can lift my grand child to my knee

Enrages and angers me so deep inside 

The Castle Ruin

She’d loved castles her whole life and their history intrigued her. As she stood before the castle ruin she imagined its former glory and recalled its history of battles.  

She knew that at one time it had been a formidable obstacle who many attempted to conquer. Although some succeeded, most did not. 

She knew of the illnesses which had run rampant within its now crumbling walls. Walls that had once been so protective. 

She knew for certain that music had filled the castle and warmed souls and brought smiles to many faces as it was shared. 

She recalled that there had been a very loved woman in that castle for many years and she imagined the passion that had been shared within its walls and smiled. 

She rolled the history through her mind of its final battle when all was lost and only memories would remain of its past. She winced at the imagined pain and suffering experienced during those times and frowned at the thought. 

Though with little left of its former glory, she knew that the castle ruin still attracted many people and it was still very much enjoyed although for different reasons now.   

She loved the castle ruin and thought it was beautiful that something which had been through so much still stood firm in so many places. 

She gingerly reached a hand out and touched the castle wall and felt the warmth of the energy it still held. 

A smile stole across her face as a thought struck her. You know, me and this castle have a lot in common.