CALLING ALOUD

Illness, aging...life.

CALLING ALOUD

Illness of body

And sickness of mind

How did it happen

And what did it find?

Strength for tomorrow

Quick dwindles away...

Hopelessness captures

The heart for today.

Dreams from a childhood

Are caught in a cloud...

Thoughts from the dark side

Are calling aloud.

~~~

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Lately, I have been feeling this poem, Sharon.
Too many really close friends are very sick, dealing with different cancers.
Folks are gone now...several other friends.
and yet here I am...writing about them, my dreams caught in that cloud.
I remember vividly now...but in twenty years I may not even remember vaguely...what was and might not even know what is.
One of my favorites from you.
j.

[Miss Sharon]

Thanks ever so much Jacob for your kind review! I appreciate you my friend. ~Sharon

[Neville]

Oh'' Miss Sharon, this is so relatable and so very very sad .. I am almost too ashamed to tell you just how much I enjoyed it ........ Neville

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much for your kindness! ~Sharon

[emmajoy]

' Dreams from a childhood .. Are caught in a cloud... ' Few know what the future holds. Tragically.

Your words, although gently laid.. resound with sadness and methinks, helplessness. And whoever has felt similar, will share and sympathise with you, unconditionally. Hugs for your sadness, hope for you hurt, truly sent. (You)

[Miss Sharon]

Thanks so much for your kind remarks my friend! ~Sharon

[Chris Shaw]

'Hopelessness captures
the heart for today'

Dear Sharon, your beautiful lines speak to me of immense suffering. The type that comes through prolonged grief or similar. I pray that it is just a bad day and the morrow will lighten the burden.

Sending you warm wishes from across the pond.

Chris

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much Chris for your beautiful and compassionate response to this write! Sharon

[shadrach hah]

Hi Sharon, it always makes me feel sad when I read that people are having problems. I can relate to this piece, in a way. I have had certain medical problems from my birth. It seems that age does come with its problems. I love the real, the honest content of this powerful write. Have a wonderful Sunday. Hugs....Mike.

[Miss Sharon]

Thanks so much for your kind remarks! ~Sharon

[shadrach hah]

You are welcome, Sharon. Have a wonderful Wednesday. Hugs always....Mike.

[Kerra]

I can really feel this write, as I have family passing on before my eyes.
This touched me so deeply.

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you for your very kind comments. I am so sorry for your own family problems and am sending love and prayers back to you. ((HUGS)) ~Sharon

[Kerra]

Thank you so much you're very kind

[barleygirl]

Your poem describes how it has felt for me to be disabled for a decade after being an outdoor adventurer all my life. It's been hard to change everything about the way I am & the way I live, but so much insight & strength & healing has come from it. It's always a case of ups & downs, trying to capitalize on the times when I feel decent enuf to get some stuff done. Very poetically stated, not as dreary as it can sometimes feel to be in the day-to-day drudgery of it. But still, very honest & authentic writing (((HUGS)))

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you so much for your beautiful comments. I'm sending hugs and prayers your way my friend and I am so sorry about your own situation. ~Sharon

[Adeline E. Weathers]

I can feel the exhaustion seeping from my bones.

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you for your kind review! ~Sharon

[Gee]

This was my mum at the end of her life, fed up with existing in pain and with illness. Decreased medication that would perhaps have prolonged her life and slipped away on her own terms :(

[Miss Sharon]

Thank you for your kindness. I am sorry about your Mom. ~Sharon