Looking Forward to Tomorrow
Day brings an edge to my thoughts,
a sharpness of tone, a phrase that aught not be,
in these bewildered considerations of mind,
flagrant relenting of rhymes, instead,
free verse tied to the purse strings of doubt,
the stout and stubborn foe of which I abhor,
more from its shadows than reality,
that somehow casts an extremity of concern.
I awoke just the same,
yet darkness has me restrained,
even the clouds are so pristine white,
and all I consider is lightness weighed down,
a frown that burrows into my brain,
a refrain too pensive for action, too dull for redemption,
and aching my heart for I am,
from the start on the back foot of claim.
How oppressed I feel,
when my motives are pure,
my heart a cure from this morbid dark whole
that has taken my soul by the throat
and rattled my brain, the pain of dark weight
the same, as had I been struck by a car,
battered and bloody far from my state,
yet I ache from head to toe.
This day is my bane,
a rest from my malaise of happiness,
just to remind me of balance,
a slap in the face in its name,
and for me a testing of blame,
where I must resolve my own creations,
consider all of my machinations
for living in harmony with myself.
Looking forward to tomorrow.
Tony DeLorger © 2017
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Well penned with very emotive phrases, Tony. The doubts and darkness will fade as that which brings happiness returns from where truth abides. May all tomorrows be filled with love, balance and harmony.
Glad you related and enjoyed Phyllis. Cheers!