The world against Standing alone The fates conspire A future unknown The strength of one The strength of soul The missing piece To complete the whole A resilience none other Possess on their own To stand in the storm To stand strong as stone
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A Quiet Place (a poem)
A quiet place A safe space Alone with your thoughts Your whispers of grace A quiet place Of a soul’s embrace Where seeker and sought Dance under love’s fate A quiet place To see your face As this heart has fought ’til pride was displaced A quiet place A safe space Alone with your thoughtsContinue reading “A Quiet Place (a poem)”
The Cave
I slip into my cave and hide In calm darkness I abide Alone in stillness with my thoughts And memories of battles fought The quiet soothes the anxious soul With peace the day’s toils stole Image: Iswanto Arif (unsplash)
Eternal Haze
Gaze into the eternal Haze of glory, but a glimpse Across the universe, an unfathomable Force that stirs the heights of Imagination, the dreams of all Creation coalescing into songs of Praise, awestruck at amazing Grace that illuminates, an unending Blaze
Parallel
We met in a parallel world Where stars shone neither of us knew A love shared through the fabric of space An unstoppable force drawing us near Yet, when we wake Just a whisper remains A quiet memory, fading dreams The shadow of what could be If only our worlds collided
Agony’s Estate
A potion for the wearyTravelers cold and drearyStumbling through the doorsA mysterious effect Though the barman smilesHis gaze is full of guileAs he offers them a roomFor their tired souls At midnight there appearingAn apparition that is nearingA soul’s decompositionA harbinger of hell Their faces froze in terrorTo the room belong foreverAt Death’s dingy tavernUponContinue reading “Agony’s Estate”
The Mage
A thousand days we journeyed A thousand we were lost Still, we traveled onward Oceans did we cross We climbed the highest mountains Seeking knowledge from the sage Treasuring pearls of prudence Searching for the mage In the storm we found her She told of love and grace Her steely gaze assuring Of wisdom’s kindContinue reading “The Mage”
Step into the Light
A pause, closed eyes He breathes deep A full inhale He cocks his head The birds sing —they always sang But now different, A song more beautiful, more free A smile spreads ‘cross wrinkled cheeks Time worn, battered by the shadows But now in light Released from his prison
The Peak
Hand in hand, we climb Hearts racing with each step Eyes gazing to peaks above To valleys beneath A moment of frozen time We hold our breath Dreaming of days ahead Reminiscing memories A stillness sublime The climax of life
Balance
A balance of hearts Give and take, the dance Lives intertwining Losing selves in dreams’ expanse Hopes, fears, whispered thoughts Laughing, crying, meld to one Hand in hand, the world spins Until the self becomes undone A new life birthed; two become one
Mike Bergman 