Wednesday, January 02, 2008

My light and my life
provided me hope for a future,
a reason to live
and the strength to exist.

Suddenly extinguished,
taken away without warning.
I was abandoned,
left in the darkness
trying to survive
searching for any glimmer
on the distant horizon.

I stand precariously
on a piece of solid ground
barely large enough for my feet.
Around me, a vast expanse
of desolation and emptiness
for as far as I can tell.

It waits
with extending arms
to engulf and surround me
in a permanent shadow.

I remain tenuously balanced
on this small bit of solid footing
Providing me the last vestiges of hope,
Unsure where to turn
or how to find an escape.

No path in sight,
it has decayed into the abyss.
No light to guide my footsteps,
it has been withdrawn.

In complete blackness
I close my eyes
waiting to fall.

A light appears before me
no,
from within me.

I discover
a brilliance inside
An internal source of strength, power
and illumination.

This force surges through my body
filling me with courage.
I open my eyes once more in the darkness
finally lose my balance,
and descend
into the eternal night.

But in falling, I discover
that I possess wings.

With new courage, my own light,
and wings to save me
from the everlasting darkness
I take flight
high above the waiting chasm
towards a faint glimmer
far on the horizon
and hope.....@ Kirsti A. Dyer

PS - One phase of my Life in 2007 best described by this poem...This phase taught me a lot of things in my Life, made me a stronger person and above all I recd the best compliment from my parents "You are not just a daughter but like a Son to us"...

Moreover, my closest friend emerged victorious from a fatal accident and was juggling between life and death in ICU. His second Life was the biggest Gift, God could bless us with, and now it feels like a bad dream getting over...

But posting this poem tat will remind me of my Power that I realised was within Me...

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