CHAPTER’S END….?
Photo: a piece I made last summer/early fall. I just made it on a whim
It's a new era It's a new start I'm no longer prone to falling apart I played with fire While internally unstable Didn't know better Than to strike the wrong candles My mind was my stage I was trapped in its cage I don't wanna play that game again I tried and tried to escape That endless anxious cave I'm no longer my old life's friend We've parted ways And I'm doing okay I'm better off without you I'm entering a phase Of true peace and grace No more love wasted Turning off all the lights Tuning out all the lies Bringing in my new life Sailing on the new highs I played with matches Struck the wrong candles They all brought me down These candles burned my life out
Written in 2015. It was intended to be a song, but I guess it had other plans. Since I started this blog page, I have been wading through all my poems and little drafts. I have always liked this one. It was untitled when I wrote it, but I’m still not sure about the title posted, LOL. My scatterbrain flows like water and sometimes lacks solid ground on which to stand.
WOW…
I love the particular words you have chosen…love them.
This is so incredibly powerful…and so true for the many different in our lives, our very unique, ever-changing lives.
I love the candle metaphor, it evokes such visuals…1000 kinds.
Thank you so much for sharing this piece, this beautiful piece, of yourself.
I’m right with April A!! I think it debuted right when it was supposed to. It it synchronicity reminding me also, that it’s not the end of the book, it’s the end of that chapter. Beautiful, Dawn. So beautiful. Just like you are. LYS