This was a poem i wrote some time back... It is one of my best work and means a lot to me. I says a lot about what i was feeling at the time, and even sometimes now, at the worst of days... I am hoping that reading it every time I open my blog will rekindle a little bit of that creative streak and writing spirit I seem to have lost... So here goes... It is called 'Beacon of the Horizon':
I felt the wet, moist ground under my feet,
I looked to the horizon where the sky and earth meet;
A crimson light adorned the line,
The magnificent beam looked, oh, so fine.
A warmth it spread inside my heart,
As i looked at where the two realms part.
The emptiness quit, my body light,
A little luck and all my might.
I walked away from where i stand,
Right beside you, you holding my hand.
Each step at a time - one by one,
The distance grew a little, then half a ton;
Now i stand so far from you,
Your figure blurring, memories a few.
The smile starts to fade as reality strikes,
The thorns on the rose turn into spikes.
I stand alone, with no one around,
Said good bye to friends, those i had found.
But the ground I now stand on leads to unchartered space.
I look around and know that this is the case -
The horizon I stand on between earth and sky,
Beholds the past and future, days bygone and those to come by.
Yesterday gave me experience, courage and strength,
Tomorrow sits on these, the moments that went.
Hands I held to make them strong,
And point out when they did wrong,
May not be part of my life today,
But even now I can hear them say -
"You are the Beacon, you are our light,
You gave us strength, courage and might.
You stand up tall, your destiny great,
Make your actions big, for the fruit do not wait."
And as again I look up high,
Stare right into the vast blue sky.
Each speck of life , I see so clear,
Each person who touched me, to the horizon they peer.
'Tis where I stand and this is what I know -
To yesterday its never goodbye, to tomorrow always a hello.
