Linda M. Crate- Three Poems

burning beauty

"Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise." - Maya Angelou

There's no point in lingering in the darkness,
the pale of these nightmares;
you are gone
so i must be moving on
because even stones cannot remain stagnant
even they slip to a new home,
and mighty glaciers melt—

i will rise into new epiphanies let that darkness

dance only on starless nights

where there are no lanterns of dawn to cut

across it's husk;

even then i will find some burning tremor

deep within, 

a light to penetrate the deepest darkness

for all these trails and pains

everything i've endured

this too shall pass—

all of these things we hold onto, all this pain and agony

it won't last forever

i will not be lost in the darkness dancing it's tongue to steal 

my joy

neither should you

we shall take our moments back,

and burn them into the beauty the world has forgotten.

a butterfly dreamer 

 

in a world of darkness

there must be a light

it comes within,

and i will not let it be extinguished

i will be the star

the rainbow

even if that means standing alone

the right thing must be 

done;

will not be another mocker in a world

of scoffers

i hold myself to a higher standard—

refuse to be another critic,

another indifferent

heart 

in a world that needs healing and help

love is the most powerful

magic of them all;

i will give love for the loveless,

let those without

shelter seek a home in me

because

to me home isn't a place you live

it's the people you let in your

heart,

and only the kindest people will dine in my

banquet halls

have had enough with users and people trying to drag

me down through the darkest clouds in the

sky—

i am butterfly dreaming now,

and i will kiss all the flowers not just the pretty ones

because everyone deserves love

we're all beautiful in our own way.

remember your light 

 

i've left the dark nights behind me

will rise into the clear

of the day

the beautiful gold

resembling the light flashing it's passion

within my veins,

and there's nothing that will hold me

back aside from myself;

i must be strong, i must be brave

cannot right all the wrongs of the world myself—

but i can make a difference,

i will make my voice be heard i will let my

heart shine brighter than my ego

let truth and righteousness

crush wrongs and lies;

will relinquish my hand from revenge for it is a 

poison that destroys inward not outward,

and i was called to be different

than this world—

as ghandi said an eye for an eye will make

the whole world blind,

and it's blinded enough as it is;

with all it's injustices and greeds with all of it's hatred

and honor killings that are the most dishonorable terrors

i've ever seen—

there is nothing in honor that includes

hatred and there is nothing in love that includes

condemnation, selfishness, and cruelty;

i sing not because i have song,

but because i have something to say i am not a bird

will not sit content and idle in my tree

let the world pass me by

as the hatred and wrath of liars and fools burns bright

extinguish the light of the liars

make them face their

crimes—

there is a light burning within each of us,

it is time we stop ignoring it

cling to it's goodness.