PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

SoulFire

fall winds blew burnt
laced in a smoky stench
from flames burning fifty miles away
yet still close enough
to flush my cheeks crimson
with the passion of their true flame

and even here
in the early quiet of midnight hours
smoke looms defiantly
within and upon all that I can see
leaving my mind feeling
as overwhelmed and hazy
as everything around me

my thoughts constant in unrest
wrestling with the same questions
that always consume my silence
"why am I this person
in this place
tethered to a memory
that just won't let go"

that's when the realization that
the untamed pulse of my heart
was beginning to flat line
threatening to numb my entire existence

and there out of desperation
in a temporary stance of strength
I tried to unmask and consolidate my truths
from the broken to the absolutes
not just to validate the moment
but to find my footing within the haze
yet the more I wrestled with my own reality
the thicker the air became

then the most urgent
of all my truths
began to overtake me
"if I don't find a path to take
to escape my own burning soulfire
I'm going to slowly suffocate
on the tick of my own time"

trembling I took a step forward
just as dawn's waking rays began
to break through fiery mists

each piece of broken slag I stepped on
defined a portion of my past
that I was beginning to realize
I now had to leave behind

my resolve slowly
empowering my stride
as I stepped out
of a smoke filled night
into the clear of a new day
possibility now so beautifully
orchestrating the rhythm
of my heart - my soul
and my moments yet to be

@ LadyRaine