A Poem Unfinished

I started a poem a while back

about a change of state I was in.

Odd ways and strange thoughts.

“Something” just wasn’t quite right.

Darkness creeping slowly in,

shadows where once there was light.

To put into words I was trying

I just didn’t know how to begin.

Aside I put it to gather my thoughts.

Time passed and the poem forgot.

Across my mind it fluttered today

the poem I left unfinished.

The decision made to start anew

and release the words I have held.

But “something” was no longer there.

No way to grasp the feeling I felt.

Clarity now orders my thoughts

A different change is in process

No more are the long hours worked.

Over time I have made much progress.

I’ve learned to take time for me.

Expressing myself, I paint and I write.

So too love, has embraced my heart.

I am healed by the warmth of its light.

The shadows recede

For no hold can they keep

when happiness resides in my spirit.

For once I am glad

the words were not found.

That poem was not meant to be finished.