dark night of the soul, an illustration (poem)

be still, and know that I am here…

a rumble far away

try to ignore

it’s coming anyway

let me clean

let me prepare

i don’t think i am ready

i don’t think i will ever be ready

i will try to sleep

wham!

whoa!

i don’t know if i can do this

you have to

but…i…m…scared

chg-kong

pain in the tendons of this journey

center of wisdom disappears, dark

lightness drops to heavy

opening the core of humanity

rest to apprehend

to prepare for another gahhhhhh!

knowing the pain is coming again

flesh trembles, quakes, teeters

will it be over soon?

riiiippppp! to non-rational thought, feeling, struck to eyes wide open, limbs, muscles, systems immobile, your heart falls on the other side of the floor, forgotten in the rush of

prepared, checked, smiled upon

tobble gargantuan pain, excruciating time ticking

dah! cheeyahhhh!

i can’t do it, i can’t do it, i can’t do it

you will be okay, just breathe, I’m right here

shuwham! grrrrraaa….whooooo…

there is no such thing as good!

it’s all dark!

it’s all pain!

i can’t feel any good!

it will never be good again!

maybe i need some drugs, maybe just something to numb the pain

calm down, just keep going

thwrush down harder than the force of gravity

splitting, wrenching, into two slabs of being

i see the letter M on blue

it reminds me, a memory to remember—

PUSH!

what?

PUSH!

i can?

yes

relief to be a part of the pain, to do something

the dawn begins to break

PUSH!

someone holds your hand, your head, your almost-there

PUSH!

and then

life slides in

fresh

new

LIFE!?

listen, waiting…

a cry of vibrancy!

a breathing child…

hope lives!

life cuddles in your arms

the pain worth the trial again, again, and again…

happy crying begins

courage just to live, embrace, be until

darkness disappears

it will

just go

keep helping and letting love win

no matter what

 

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poetry, articles, thoughts, and quotes... on a quest to be authentic in my motherhood, sisterhood, and daughterhood, but i can tend to become Juvenalian sometimes, maybe in writing but also in life, reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal" as if i were hearing a friend speak to me about the how ridiculous some ideas can become, especially when they begin to drift into reality, mocking all of us really... i identify with Mary Magdalene, James, and Peter and am extremely grateful for that woman who said, "Yes!"...oh and i can be pretty lame...blessings to you, dear reader...pray for a single mother, her children, and the father of her children today!
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7 Responses to dark night of the soul, an illustration (poem)

  1. questionsforwomen says:

    Love it!

  2. linneann says:

    Wow! Great tempo! Nice job!

  3. Pingback: stepping into a grey puddle (poem) | The Lamehousewife Blog

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