“Finding the Light”
Sometimes in the shadows
When darkness overwhelms
A stalking thing comes
Cloaked in understanding...
Just as old trusts
Are dying away
The painful betrayals
Become a beacon...
A soul’s guide
Back to harmony
And that coveted place
Where the heart meets itself...
In that dawning
Hurt recedes and fades
To peacefulness
As the path appears...
Clearly seen
And never having left
It beckons us
Onward in the journey...
Again free
To know compassion
And its healing gift
Of true forgiveness...
After the moment’s passing
Nothing surprises or frightens
As the world spins on its way
One more soul content...
This blue orb classroom
Is for the soul’s learning
Its complicated lessons
Stretch us to breaking...
As it gently cradles with faith in better natures.
Paul Colaluca (9/11/09)