Still... life

Souls aching in emptiness

Drowning in vast voids of endless pain  

Our fear, further fuelling, utter... desolate hate   

Lit pyres ignite more anger 

Grief laden souls untethered, become

In vortex bereft of gravity, we... succumb 

Displaced dance in the darkling 

Fell from the illumined, illustrious path

Ground beneath subsided; under heinous wrath   

The dawn’s lost notes are chiming  

Calls us back to her bosom’s embrace

Reminds us of compassion; love... we may still taste 

As warm tears cleanse from heaven

We no longer feel alone  

Active our minds at slumber

As we thaw from bitter stones

Molten, upon horizon   

Trapped hearts pirouette in clouds 

Touch stars within each other 

Caress away furrowed brows 

Free to paint a new future  

Bathe in sun’s elixir kiss

Remove the past’s spoiled tarnish 

Let hope; fill up what’s been missed  

Won't you walk with me brothers? 

Sisters, will you take my hand?  

Let’s follow in brave footsteps 

Bleed forgiveness like the sand

Find truth in serenity 

In the lapping of the waves

Be whole in nature’s wonders 

Lift life out of trauma’s stains 

Clear our lens of perceptions 

Find ourselves in solitude 

With love’s pallet, colour life 

Paint in light, our dreary hues 

 

Look upon your reflection 

Though distorted, is there light?

’Cause if there’s still a glimmer

All’s not lost, there is still... life.

©  Debbie Razey 2020 - Violet Moon Poetry.