Outside the Circle of Stones

I have wandered into an amazing sight, with movement at will
Lying behind a long sleep of my pure listening breath
Clouds break forth that were once charming
In all their melancholy words of patterned distress

Much kinder skies press lightly against the chest of my spirit
Life encased in silken petals, exiled now from grief
Just to know the touch of a healing heart
Has become home to rushing waters that seeped

I sit in a room containing a subtle touch of my future dreams
That I believed did not exist outside of mere images
Are they apparitions that dare lie to me now
Come to lick my wounds with beckoning messages

Sweet joy scatters where cold arrows of fragility once flew
Amid numberless embraces introduced with care
Shining on ripples of pain, bringing change
Into the one breathing space where I now stare

Now I stand inside a circle of stones with my eyes closed
Surrounded by possibilities with qualities that spin
I am now quickly approaching faith anew
Inspiration to step outside this room once again

Author's Note

Artist - Michael Cheval
http://marialaterza.blogspot.com/2011/03/michael-cheval.html

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

I wish I felt this way at the moment. The second stanza says so many things and gives this piece a warm feel. The last line is very vocal and it is a great feeling to want to step outside in the world again with a spring in your step and love in your heart.

[realmwriter]

Intristing piece. Very, Macabre in a way! But I liked it none the less. It seems to draw me closer as I read it and I feel warmed by it somehow!

[Robin]

realizing its time , to cross those barriers set in place by our own minds

[Raven Starhawk]

The beauty here is in its well honed, picture perfect style. It also reflects how I felt this morning.

[Tom Benson]

For me this was a mixture of emotions but as it comes to a close it picks up a positive spin, as if having survived all that's gone before and now ready to move on.

[Ruth]

To feel such rejuvination is a beautiful feeling, Neva, your work is sublime! xx

[lostboy]

you are a puzzle and i dont have all the pieces yet..would that we all could be exiled from grief. what are we without dreams they bring joy to this life that we all live.. in a circle.

Very nice. Inspiring, a 'rebirth' of sorts.

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

liberating beautiful streams of thought and images~

[∂αʌ<..]

"I sit in a room containing a subtle touch of my future dreams"

wow...you describe a maelstrom of mixed emotions while thnking back to past pains and dissapointments and at the same time thinking about all those dreams which remain to come, remaining to be fulfilled...

a master piece!

[unknown]

Love the imagery :)