by JD Jentri
distant slumber long and dark
novocaine of mind
numbing senses and my thoughts
feelings I can’t find
hampered days and restless nights
floating through my life
in mud the hue of ebony
thick with endless strife
carbon shadows’ wicked dance
inside my tortured head
calling forth a revenant
as though already dead
yet in the dusk a glow I see
a light a tender spark
which draws me from obscurity
and shrouded fetters stark
as I wake I sense anew
the world around me now
full of colors blinding cast
upon my fevered brow
what woke me from my lethargy
my apathetic dream
into existence vividly
a splendor never seen
sharp relief these images
that cross before my eyes
once silhouettes now clarified
beneath unbroken skies
cognizant I see the junction
paths that I can take
where I was mired once before
decisions I can make
motionless I hesitate
for it has been so long
since I have seen the light of day
I fear lest I choose wrong
but there’s no finish line to cross
no drill instructor here
unmasked at last I’ll choose a path
whose journey I see clear
passion hitherto thought dead
now rises once again
my desiccated soul infused
with joy as though with rain
for I am finally awake
to my reality
my life is what I make of it
what I want it to be
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JD Jentri writes poetry and prose in Arizona. A member of The Creative Academy of Writers, she enjoys exploring the unknown in her work. In her free time, she makes jewelry, crochets, and plays the piano.
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