There Is A Light
There at the end of the tunnel
Mixed emotions —
Tears,
Fears,
Laughter,
Excitement,
Joy,
Regret,
Hopes,
Dreams,
Disappointment,
Acceptance,
Forgiveness,
Gratitude,
Pain,
Trauma,
Insight,
Memories.
******
The end is nigh,
Destined to say goodbye.
******
A traumatic lesson taught well,
Learned even better,
A cruel heart beautifully disguised.
******
Another heart destroyed,
Scar tissue healed into a barrier of fortitude,
Pain a new muscle memory,
That now beats to a wounded drum.
******
A love expansively given,
Decades it held on to its hopes and dreams,
Patiently waiting,
Blissfully certain the truth would dawn,
Until the destructive deception hit home.
******
A tough lesson to learn,
Toils written in agony,
A rude awakening,
But one that garnished a new strength,
An eye-opening truth forced upon a once innocent heart,
Destruction left within its wake.
******
Wisdom shines the brightest,
Lighting the tunnel’s escape hatch,
Pushing back the darkness,
Leaving a road less travelled, unasked for amid a wish totally different,
Until the lasting choice is revealed, much to the broken dismay,
Within the seeker of peace,
Left with a destiny not of one’s choosing.
******
But one of painful necessity!
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Tomorrow is the dawning of finality,
Freedom pushed upon a toll unmasked —
As it runs aground,
Shining brightly on the final day.
About the Creator
Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Comments (5)
Emotional, my friend!!!
It's about damn time. So happy for you my friend!
Powerful, sorry for all you are going through...
Rarely do any pass through the gauntlet unsullied & unscathed. But pass through we must & do.
It's a mixed blessing. I hate the sadness for you, but freedom rings!