The Starting End

I see where I’ve been, let it remain vivid,
A reminder not to go back
To the past, where I was a visitor,
Of the darkness where lifes light lacked

There where my tears would rage like the storm,
That join Ocean and sky as one
There where the horizon is no longer seen,
From downpour of pain, lost sun

So deep we grow from lessons of sorrow
With time, a recognized gift
To have felt so intense, the agony and pain
Our soul once lost and adrift

We bounce back, yes we do,
Our compassion is found,
With new appreciation for life
Our troubles that hung
In the rip tides current,
Now Free from woes and strife

Through pain we learned joy,
Of the simplest kind
From the lows, we found a new height
Perspective of life has altered us now
Lending strength, optimistic might

So catch my tears you may not,
For they no longer fall
Lift me up you may not,
I’m already there from an intimate time,
Alone spent with my soul

I rehearse this daily in my mind,
Rehearse without whisper of sound
How I’ve come to be grateful,
Strangely thankful,
That this Life of mine,
Once had me down

-Only though the lows, can we truly meet our Soul. Love, H.