Fall onto Winter....

[troublegal05]

Wake your soul to the dark of night,

your eyes have widened to the light of your worries

Your cries can be heard by saints;

turned to bitter tears of salt

softening your glow to pitiful lies

Turn to your song bird for answers,

your head rests to dust

Write your fears to fire for the claw of the raven

perches its fate upon your epitaph

He waits for death to deal you an escape,

While you steal the last of your youth

from the smell of a rose

Look to the sky and say goodbye to

the years faded on and slowly

fall onto winter...

[Shadows Light]

Wake your soul to the dark of night,

your eyes have widened to the light of your worries

Your cries can be heard by saints;

turned to bitter tears of salt

softening your glow to pitiful lies

Turn to your song bird for answers,

your head rests to dust

Write your fears to fire for the claw of the raven

perches its fate upon your epitaph

He waits for death to deal you an escape,

While you steal the last of your youth

from the smell of a rose

Look to the sky and say goodbye to

the years faded on and slowly

fall onto winter...

 

Thank-you...this hits a special chord for me. I filed for Divorce in October. According to the old beliefs October is the time of change, the death of the old year and the beginning of the new year. But before anything new can be reborn, such as a PHOENIX from its ashes.... pain and suffering takes place. Your poem strikes a chord because I've spent my winter shedding bitter tears of time mispent... wasted youth. Looking for an escape now. And yes, listening to the lies lies lies spouting from the dragons mouth...feeding my tears. That only the angels could hear in the deep of the night. Thank-you. They say that when the student is ready the teacher comes... and the teacher comes in many forms...young, old...or written word. I believe your poetry speaks to me and validates my feelings.