April 2021 Poem-A-Day Challenge, Day 21
For today’s prompt, we’re working from the phrase “(blank) Me.” This whole poetry challenge has been very cathartic for me. I carry a lot of pent-up emotion and trauma within my body (as do we all) and being able to release that creatively is … quite freeing. I love penning pieces that speak to my humanity but also to my desire for finding peace and strength within that humanity.
When The Clouds Roll Over Me
Life is short
I always hear
Don’t spend your days
Cooped up in fear
Live every moment
Like it’s your last
Look to your future
Let go your past
Be open and present
Or you may miss
A child’s laughter
A lover’s kiss
When life is bleak
Don’t hide away
Stand strong and tall
Be sure to pray
This much is true
I know deep down
But it’s sometimes hard
To turn up a frown
No life exists
Without woe and pain
There’d be no rainbows
Without the rain
Clouds will roll in
That’s reality
No shame embracing
My whole humanity
It’s no enemy, vulnerability
But a building block of strength
This I do remind myself
Often and at length
These moments of unrest
Are when I seek out grace
Acknowledging that bright blue skies
Lie just beyond the grays
*Image by Willfried Wende from Pixabay.