Rising from the Ashes

Despair is dark

Like a black mark

That will not go away

And hold total sway

If left unchecked

It will deepen till checked

It is an effort to think

But if I want to go towards the light’s brink

I must take those steps

A slow struggle to move up those steps

After all it is what I want

More than anything I can ever want

To see the light after despair

Makes it a victory over despair

Slowly I build my tattered self

Takes time to repair the self

Is this the strength I have lacked?

Spirituality rarely backed?

Becoming stronger is all in the mind

Spirituality finally strengthens the mind

Making me grow more patient

With others and self, more patient

 Accept what cannot be changed

Instead of fighting for all to be changed

Build my faith in that which is bigger than all

Try to be kind to one and all

Forgive those who hurt me

Forgive those who neglect me

That does not kill us, makes us stronger

But who says what is stronger?

I feel stronger mentally and spiritually

Though not recovered physically

Live every day as if it is the last

 Take the pleasures and make them last

Beautiful flowers swaying in the breeze

Butterflies dancing in the breeze

Rustling of the leaves in the breeze

Clean washing fluttering in the breeze

The birds chirping multitude of songs

My heart dances to the songs

The black despair held at bay for another day

But it’s my victory for another day

Keeping the darkness that can never be far away

For pain has a way for finding a way

Still am thankful for the strength I have gained

Strength of soul that I have gained