Reflection: Memories of Triumph

While sifting through more old files last night, I ran across yet another of my personal writings from sometime around the latter half of 2000. If I recall correctly, it was during early fall, perhaps September, but certainly within a few weeks of my return from Jamaica that August. That much I do remember. I suppose I could look for the copyright papers, but the exact date I penned it really doesn’t matter to me at the moment. For me, the words are timeless. Regardless of when written, this piece is equally as appropriate, relevant and meaningful to my life today as it was then.

You see, these words performed their magic for me the very moment I began reading them again. Words that reminded me of being in a very sad and seemingly unbearable place in the past. But with God’s help, I managed to rise! How wonderful to have my inner-strength confirmed by evidence from my own hand. That was all I needed. I was going to be just fine. Yes, I am fine. I am there!

Out of Darkness

Finally, I see!

Darkness has given way
to a wondrously clear light.
I’ve awakened from the dream,
the illusion of what would never be.

I no longer crave
what you could never give.
Wondering, wishing, believing no more.
All hope has faded into darkness.

Realising the illusion
is sufficient satisfaction.
Lessons have been learned,
mind and heart now at peace.
Where there was once darkness
there is now clarity.

Though mixed memories remain,
the lingering sorrow in my heart is quieted
through my will to remember only the good.
And with time…that, too, shall fade.

My heart, soul and mind
no longer confined.
I am alive again.
Free to love and be loved once more.

For I have stepped out of the sad, sad darkness.

And the best is yet to come!

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Originally penned in January 2000.
© Lynne J. All rights reserved.

This is an entry from one of my previous blogs.
It was originally posted there on January 18, 2005.