work in progress, comments invited

[mistykal34]

there's a light shining through
that adds depth and definition
to everything we do
a hope of guiding force
without hate, sin or remorse

when we close our eyes
or pull the blinds
it leaves us grey and distant
we do don't realize
to our demise
the simple pain of indifference

there's a tide that runs from me to you
a pulse a push
a wax and wane
that life itself cannot carry away
a gentle summer shining through
that turns these grays to greens and blues

under a hold that will not shatter
beyond the mold of mind and matter
a simple task of holding back
or mending masks of fear and regret
into regrowth and regeneration

the healing process has just begun
the battle of life not halfway won
the rattle of strife not wholly undone
the cackle of menace not fully unspun
the shackling grimace of sullen resistance
to love and life vs soul and pride
cannot outweigh the stars at night
or the sofly looming splintered light.

no memory to be forgotten
no lesson to be lost
no time-honored tradition to be smashed
and left to accumulate moss
but adaptation and a will to become
more than just a western dream.
but you will be what you will be.