Life Lesson
Like a child released from punishment
into beckoning rays of weekend sun
I am tied no more to any shame
since over my anguish I’ve finally won.
Hidden away in the darkened corners
no redemption seemed sure to come my way
so I remained locked within such despair
believing I had nothing more to say.
But from smoking ashes of buried rage
cooled by many rains of sorrowful tears
an archangel rises in much glory
to slay my own demons with shield and spear.
Like an explorer sailing global seas
under countless stars that direct the course
there are no obstacles to hinder me
since my will has become a striving force.
Hidden away in the darkened corners
believing I had nothing more to say.
It is strange how one can instantly change
when the price of growth seems expensive to pay
