Soon Bloom

My mother placed a seat by the window

and told me to watch the sun set.

Through blurred vision and aching eyelids,

I focused my sight on the changing colours

behind the silhouette of dead branches

that will soon bloom into life.

The sky transitioned from a fire amber

to a dusked ash before I could grasp its true form.

This is how quickly your world can change.

When you believe you are dancing in the flames

and that your soul is gold and your mind is okay,

the sky above turns to grey.

These feelings of happiness are too fleeting

to believe that they will last forever.

Only when it descends into darkness

do we appreciate its presence.

Understand this,

the sun must always set

but it will rise again.

Should you ever wish for death,

or feel as though you are not truly alive,

know that you will, too, soon bloom into life.

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From my poetry collection, A Love Letter To Heaven. Available to purchase here.