From white to grey to Golden

A Poem by Moonlight

The changes time brings in a woman's life

From White To Grey To Golden

The morning dew shines on the leaf,
The night changes to dawn
As the rays of the sun break
From the thick clouds.

With each moment that passes,
The seasons change bit by bit,
Spring to autum,
Green to golden.

And I have seen change.

I have seen times when
My kind had to
Give into what surrounded us.

Quiet and calm
Surrendering our freedom
And living with the lies that said,
Everything was alright.
Everything was as it was meant to be.

But as time turned
And turbines started to run
The compressed gas stoves
Replaced the smoke and coughs
I saw the change that was meant to come.
Life and I had no regrets with each other
Other than one and only one
My desire to ink pages
And print my memories
Was the only thing we both didn’t agree on.

Blessed with a lovely daughter,
My life was happy
But as black met white,
It made grey
It took my husband away,
And my life reflected
The different shades of grey.

And even though I started late,
With my daughter were my first steps
But slowly I started to read
And write and recite.

My daughter moved overseas,
Established a business
And earned a living.
While I sat on my old desk and wrote.

I wrote about the wars,
And I wrote about the cries,
About the losses
And also about the emptiness
That filled all the cold souls
Who had brought peril
Upon humanity.

My books got older
And I got wiser
With each green leaf that turned golden
And each hair that turned grey
I understood the world
A little everyday

Today, I stand in front of thousands,
Sharing the wisdom
I have with everyone around.

Telling them that times have changed
And people have changed
And it’s a new millennium
Of spirit and progress.

Because it’s never too late to start,
Because there is no such thing as an end,
Because every end of the journey,
Marks the beginning of a new one…