Cry No More

From the ashes of darkness:

From the remnants of hope torn apart
I will rise!
I'll tower over my heart
Direct my need

To a newly discovered freedom,

To the fresh start.
And forever -
Take control of my sail

And I don't care

What's on the weather chart!

I'm Maya Angelou's caged bird
That used to sing with a fearful trill...
From my weak power of will
I find the strength
To reach

For the highest pitch

Flushing my sorrows
To the drainage ditch

My tune will

Be heard
On a distant hill
Even pained,
It will echo
Like a triumphant trumpet call!

I will not fall back

Into this life's cage

I will not fall!

I will flap my clipped wings
And sing of elation - so boundless!
Hope - unmatched
Of desire
Like no other
Happiness
Of my healed soul.

It will bloom, will be endless
And scars… hurt
Will be but a distant memory

Buried in the distant cemetery

I long for the time
When I'll be free -
Free of the need
That incarcerates me
In a dungeon plagued with desire!

I will put this need on fire!

From the pit of my dark heart
I see the rising sun
It is so faint...
The day will soon age
And the rays will thaw the gloom!

And my heart will go, “Boom, boom, boom!”

I already smell it:
Freedom!
I can taste elation
The flavour of self-will –
It is Heady! I freeze,

Feeling thunderstorm's formation

I will rise
From the hurts and aches -
Love unrequited;
Silent, swallowed tears
From overwhelming loneliness

Are acquitted,

Banned, outwitted

And defeated

I will unleash the sassy
And ride high
On the tide of a new moon -
Welling and swelling…

No more dwelling

Into the “why”

Recklessness
Like the expansive ocean
Leaving behind the terrors

Love is not and never was

Of this “why” question wickedness

Love and joy are just... “because”

Happiness and smiles
Will haunt my nights

And not the sighs and tears

I will become regal...

In the body of a colibri,

And with the heart of an eagle!
Finally,
I will break into day
Welcomed by the glowing
Beams of the sun

I will reach...
And I will cry no more!

(Inspired by Maya Angelou’s ‘I know Why The
Caged Bird Sings)