Turnabout

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe

 

 

The leaves are written off the branches,

The sickly venom exorcised is out of me,

Clotted in resin, the festering wounds now closed,

The cloud in front of the sun has driven away.

 

Where I was lost then and there in length and width,

Has a shape or a form now, a substantial deepness,

I’m not anymore projected in the dark of the shadows,

Now I’m more or less free, floating by in the air.

 

I’ve covered the cobblestones behind me in red,

I’ve dragged myself here in sweat and a bucket of tears,

Now I’m standing up, on my legs I can see a lot further,

Suddenly my life has projected a new horizon to me.  

 

In the turnabout is the word, the resurrection of the sentence;

The nothingness is only an empty place that I can fill,

I hear the rustle again of the reed, the river, the roaring,

The water is flowing on a happy song inside of me.  

 

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

14/01/2016

Reviews

[Nisreen]

This one made me smile
So much promise and hope
The place of healing
And seeing the sun shine all over

It's beautiful

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, NIsreen, reading that you smiled reading my poem made my day. Thank you so much. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[Great Aunt Astri]

It is good to feel renewed, as your poem very well portrays. 'Out with the bad and in with the good' as we say here in England.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you so much, Great Aunt Astri. Have a good day. :)

[Willard Wells]

Or destiny lies with each of us individually. You can dwell in the pain and suffering of your past or embrace life. Moving forward as you so beautifully state. A very nice work my friend.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thanks, Willard, for passing by and reading my writing. Glad you liked it. :) rudi

[Cassie]

This one has got me. very well written, loved the words and the message, we cry rivers but soon the sun shines and we begin to smile again. on point

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Cassie, for reading and reviewing. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[Coyote Poetry]

Amazing use of words my friend. They took the reader to better places and thoughts. You make the language come alive and more beautiful. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, John, for reading and reviewing, wonderful comment. Have a good day, my friend. :) Rudi

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Rudi.