Gift

A heartbeat - soft and swift
Another soul swims upwards
Wrapped within a gift

Blinding light at the water’s edge
Cold clings like a cloak
But a loving voice soothes sharp sounds

Spheres circle overhead
Rhythms of dark and light
On a tiny drop of blue

A soul has dreams of its own
In a world of promise
Filled with emptiness

Hopes mingle with failure
Joy with heartache
It is lost in search of itself

A weight grows heavy
Its gift is wilting
Dissolving in the tides of time

A Memento of Madness
Memory is washed away
Yet lessons remain

Black fears turn to thoughts of home
Another soul sinks downwards
Into the Eternal Arms