| Shattered I wait: Shattered by the loss I've suffered I lie in pieces in the dark Waiting in breathless anticipation For radiance to brighten the stark & I feel: A pounding deep within Breaks the silence of my soul It flutters through my spirit Bringing these pieces to a whole & I wonder: The source of that flutter Startles my self-bound grief For the source in not external It is found within me & I search: Buried all along there My self-disapproval holding strong 'Til I let a little sunlight in On what was dark for so long & I smile: For a pounding deep within Broke the silence in my sould It fluttered through my spirit And now I am whole Copyright 1998 Lauren Blackstone |