Tag: micropoetry

Valley of Discontent

In this valley of discontent
Light falls in but cannot escape

So I climb to highest ridge
Carrying unsubtle hope

Else bathe below in light’s deceit

In this land
Of such magnificence
Even the mighty
Know humility

With every sunset
I am reminded
There will always be
Another hurdle
And another opportunity
To clear one

I do not need
To be whole
To do good

I do need
To do good
To be whole

Sometimes

Even the appearance of a rainbow
Cannot dispel the darkness

So I plumb the darkness
Seeking the rainbow within

I remind myself
That the pain is just a fog
Cloaking the mountain

The wind, soon enough
Will blow the fog away

And there will be I, the mountain

Sometimes
I wonder
If I know this planet
At all

Of course
I often manage
To imagine something
Stranger still

Sometimes
It is the flowers
I fail to see
For the trees

Levels deep
Path obscured
Proceeding
On faith
Alone

Well
Faith
And experience

There is
Always
A path

Embers in the sky
Fueled by the smoke
Of distant fire
Ignited by a dying sun