Dance of Shadows and Storms
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My poem navigates themes of severe hardships, resilience, introspection, and growth. The exploration of contrasts and complexities within the verses are life challenges building up and illustrating the transformative power of personal experiences. The hope is that my poem engages you, the reader, emotionally, prompting reflection on your life journey of self-discovery that leads to a beautiful, profound exploration of the human experience, the fullness of the God-given breath of life.
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Without a shadow's kiss,
How blooms a hidden rose?
Without a storm's embrace,
How does an oak repose?
In Twilight's waltz, secrets unroll, the mystery it bestows.
Yet in its gently budding leaves, tales of resilience compose.
How should I yearn to climb,
I lack the precipice's call?
Cragged visions of distant peaks and fallow mind,
a darkened silent beckon enthrall.
Oh, to forge within,
Oh, why, doubt cloaks my inner child,
In solitude's chains,
I hear the introspective thrall.
Yet, tremors in my soul, a lonely seed begins to climb,
A combination of growth, harmonizing with each chime.
Nourished by tears that sow the fertile sands of time,
My garden of emotions hints, at a poet’s paradisiacal paradigm.
Suddenly, a sunlit coast where dreams unfurl in storms,
A canvas painted by aspirations that gently adorn.
With hopeful brushstrokes, life-captivating stories that plume,
A gallery of memories, a child’s kaleidoscope,
Once upon a solitary, darkened, locked room.
Perhaps a gardener’s gentle hand can stir the fallow ground,
Fertilizing roots to depths where true potential
once lost - begged to be found.
A dawn’s soft breath, gentle lure, to coax my dormant leaves unbound,
Awakening possibilities in the quiet, yet, now fertile ground.
In stillness, thoughts emerge, unseen, a quiet vow,
An introspective voyage on the sea of here and now.
My diamonds form from tears, not battles' echoing crown,
I am a jewel of resilience, forged in the soul's darkest hour.
Copyright © Daniel Henry Rodgers | Year Posted 2024
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