Overcoming the trials and obstacles
Dewdrops and promise of morning’s kiss
Frozen in time, uncertainties binding hold
like peeling paint notwithstanding
acrylic and oils troublesome bond
unpleasant sounds of self-doubt
overwhelming tune of Thomas whispering
antagonistic projecting words; Thor’s
hammer pinning us to grounds of misery.
Bursting bubbles, champagne cause for celebration
trapped in a dark room with no door
windows closer to the outside possibility of knowing
real or untrue; hesitation moving forward
baby steps becoming giant leaps
for self and collective sea of loving thought.
Kicked to the curb, gentle parts speed-bag-like
effecting, transferring psychosomatic response;
giving thanks for lessons on daffodils
and ground-breaking painful and once dormant truth.
Nights bidding, promises of mornings kiss
sunlit gazing star, reflecting once broken
eternally healed with a single dewdrop in.
~ Ani Po
This piece is another attempt to fuse the prompts from two favorite publications: Know Thyself Heal Thyself and Literary and Literary Impulse. Day 26 of 30-Day poetry challenge and two differing but equal in turn. One discusses the overcoming of the trials while the other invites us to look deeper into the meaning.
