Shadowed Forests of the Past

A place I left behind when "Hope was born anew… "

Bad old, dark places…

Places where my life no longer dwells…

Looking back upon the past…

That wasting, dark, drear past…

Come words from a long ago

Where my soul no longer cowers.

A place of wrenching loneliness 

always on the edge of light,

waiting to drag me back…

back into it's embrace….

I just kept trying to hold on, 

trying to hold out for love; 

But, every day that passed without it, 

Loneliness lurked to overwhelm.

And, darker still, monsters lurked…

Monsters lurked at every… every turn…

Soul shattering dramas spun out

in relentless perversions of hope.

Until that pivotal moment…

that time when change began…

Change began and Hope was born…

Hope born anew within my breast.

In that Hope, on angel’s breath…

An angel-friend led me forward.

She led me through the dark

and back to light and Faith.

I learned the true Me…

the truest Me I was meant to be

And learning Me, I learned Love.

Learning Love, I learned to love.

It's a truly blessed state…

In brilliant shining sunlight…

A place of laughter and love and joy…

Such have I found for myself…

After the long, dark road through tortured, 

shadowed forests of the past.

Reviews

[Pryde Foltz]

It's a truly blessed state…
In brilliant shining sunlight…
A place of laughter and love and joy…
Such have I found for myself…
After the long, dark road through tortured,
shadowed forests of the past.

A beautiful spiritual write.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you very much.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

This is a powerful poem that defines the phrase
'




there is a light at the end of every tunnel.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you so much

[realmwriter]

I've been there. I've written about it. I changed and found love too. Beautiful and dark, but still refreshing. I love it.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. I too have found love and am now founded in love.

[realmwriter]

It's a good place to be and thing to be anchored by. You are most welcome.

[MomzillaNC]

And, I have my friend, the sister of my heart, to thank for all my current joys with my husband and my son.

[realmwriter]

That is awesome. I actually have homelessness to thank for my current love and anchor.

[MomzillaNC]

Wow! That's a powerful success.

[realmwriter]

Now, if I can just use what I learned to get out of poverty.

[MomzillaNC]

Me too, dude!

[Paul Pruett]

We do have to encounter the dark to truly appreciate what the light has to offer don't we. What an amazing and enjoyable read. Thank you for sharing it with the world.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. I'm honored it touched you.

[Paul Pruett]

You are welcome.

[Briana O'Connor]

What a beautiful way to lead a soul from the darkness of life. This way very mysterious and entrancing. As the struggle was spoken of there was still a sense of a tale unfolding. I could picture a spirit leading a lost individual through the danger to safety. Thank you for sharing.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you very much. She really did save my life. I don't believe I'd still be here if it wasn't for her. I certainly would never have become the person my husband fell in love with and has shared the last 23 years with.

This poem is a recent write, looking back on all her help has meant to my life. My poem "Monsters" is much older words, from more immediacy on a similar topic.

[Briana O'Connor]

I will be sure to check it out when I get it a chance! always a pleasure to read your work!

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[Frieda P]

Spiritual enlightenment, the voice of deliverance, not dwelling in the past that haunts....well said. Love that you used 'drear' instead of dreary....it's so quaint.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

I always read my poems aloud. When I read this one aloud, "dreary" just didn't flow, so I changed it to "drear." I think a few "quaint" terms also lend a timelessness to the tale.

[Frieda P]

It adds that old fashioned charm, which you tend to do quite nicely...

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. :D

[Lyn Anderson]

A very hopeful and inspirational poem. Well written. One thing, did you mean to leave the "y" off dreary?

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. Yes, I meant "drear."

[Lyn Anderson]

ok, one can never be sure. Thanks for clarifying, it is a lovely poem.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. :D

[Frieda P]

Oh just noticed p***y picked out the same word ;)

[Tina Kline]

A truly inspiring piece of writing. If we can just hold on...our Angel will come along.
An impressive poem indeed.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[Tina Kline]

You're very welcome.

[Chris]

I taste rough hands and mean-full words, soul-breaking spites and life's hurtful edges. And someone took the time to reach beyond themself and shared the tears til the smile came back in your eyes.

A thoughtful work to listen to.

[MomzillaNC]

Absolutely. She has been an angel in my life ever since. My husband, my son, and all my current joys are because she helped me become the person I was meant to be. She never gave up, never let me give up. She put herself out there for another person. For me, that was the defining moment… that was the when I turned in my mind's eye and saw God.

[Chris]

It IS good to find that special strength through sharing that empowers a person to overcome events and transgressions and grow into the person they are meant to be.

[MomzillaNC]

It is a miracle. I wake up every single day knowing I'm living an ongoing miracle.

[Chris]

Such a good way to awaken...Sunrise - coffee - and a smile

[MomzillaNC]

And love and joy. For every dark, tormented day I lived through, I've had a hundred joys! "Pressed down, shaken together, and running over… "

[prince digbani]

wow... you told my story with your poem...speechless

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. I'm honored you found so much meaning in my words.