Emily (written for my daughter)

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Open Poetry #26

Emily (written for my daughter)

Ani Zen
Junior Member

since 2003-05-08

Posts 12
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2003-05-13 12:40 PM

          I've always seen at times
          the light has wavered
          in many a heart.
          And so,
          in mine own heart,
          the darkness has
          overstepped it's bounds.
          My love has wavered,
          just as surely as love will
          from time to time.
          But there is no moving
          such a love
          from it's fixed mark
          within my soul.
          For unknowingly
          you carry with you
          all I am.
          And to deny
          my love for you
          would be
          to pull a knife
          from a wound
          which would not mend,
          n'or heal
          under times watchful eye.
          You were born into a hateful time.
          A hateful heart,
          you rendered ill,
          with the precise
          and certain steely edge
          of your life.
          There was no ignoring
          the sudden stab you brought;
          proving me mortal
          with your first gasping breath.

          How beautifully you pulled my spirit
          Back down below the clouds
          we live so far under.
          Death of the free soaring bird.
          How loudly she fell,
          thudding to the cold, hard ground.

          But in the unravelling
          of times tongue,
          a fluent speech was formed
          between us.
          You surely wrapped your fingers
          'round my soul.
          And by and by,
          at times your tugs;
          they pull it rather harshly.
          But they are pulling it
          with heavy sighs
          from the rugged earth
          that it was buried in.

          And through my chaos,
          I have seen,
          my light has wavered,
          just has yours.
          But there is no denying,
          what you have done.
          There is no question
          of my love.
          You, fair child,
          who is me.
          You have pulled,
          through your unknowing ways,
          my every aspect closer together.
          You,
          with my laugh,
          my eyes,
          my smile.
          You,
          who loves as I love.
          You who mimick,
          through anger and joy.
          You,
          who knows no bounds for life.

          When you were born into this world,
          you brought with you the lives of two.
          A daughter; my sweet angel,
          and a mother who will always love you.

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

1 posted 2003-05-13 02:48 PM

We do not always have the picture perfect story to tell...but this drew me along in a most powerful gathering of heart and soul.
All blessings to you, and your angel...
Excellent. TD

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