A Dream

A Poem by Shalane Goss

Be Optimistic.

Pastel purple clouds
Are painted upon a darkening sky.
Fading light from a withering candle
Flickers and dies in someone's eyes.
The glow of a setting sun
Deadens a dream in someone's heart.
This darkness is too close for comfort,
And it's tearing this someone apart.

Small sprinkling raindrops
Patter lightly upon a tree.
Whose branches refuse to stretch;
They hang limp with dying leaves
Gray darkness shrouds the sky
And a merciless storm settles in
The gloomy outlook above all else
Becomes this someone's closest friend.

A chilling wind disturbs a dream,
That seeps through a crack in the door.
Someone shivers atop cold bed sheets;
Blankets, strewn about the floor
Out the window trees are tossed and battered
And whipped by a heartless breeze
Someone's hope is anchored to nothingness
Slipping to the base of an abysmal sea.

This someone fears destruction;
This dream can't remain craved.
A light is sparked in the eyes of that someone
Setting an enchanting fire ablaze.
Optimism stops the storm
That rains out of this someone's eyes.
As they look up to the pastel purple clouds
That are painted upon a darkening sky.