Canceled Contract

A spiritual journey

The windchimes fall silent in the chill of the morn,
remnants of violent dreams cause them to mourn.
The hush of near dawnlight has muted each bird,
suspended a dark night with one single word.

"Sleep", the voice whispers, "and do not awake".
Joy quickly withers inside each heartbreak.
Seductive and charming, the voice casts a spell:
The tone so disarming, a sound I know well.

In silence it conjures a stream of the past
with no time to ponder, it moves by so fast.
My mind is enraptured, my body lies still;
The sunrise is captured by his iron will.

I silence alarms and watch the film play,
not taking up arms to fight for the day.
The dawn comes to spite him, no warmth do I feel,
the rays remain too dim to cancel the deal.

The birds call to wake me from paralyzed sleep,
I cannot shake free of the lies of the deep.
Caught between planes of darkness and light,
two kingly reigns, one lifetime fight.

I still the projector, remember the call,
of angel defector from the time of his fall.
But no spell can steal me from who I've become,
I rise to be free and know where I've come from.

Another word voices the call to awake;
I break with past choices to heal this heartache.
Now into an age of suffering and fear
I bring forth the sage and sweep this life clear.

The contract is broken, the shadows depart.
One true word spoken paints a new work of art.

Author's Note

Please share your thoughts. It's a work in progress, not all of it quite capturing what this journey has been.

Reviews

[Inject Positivity]

The journey is inspiring here... The lines "the hush of near dawnlight has muted each bird/suspended a dark night with one single word" starts of the poem with a deep thought... The second stanza speaks of the darkness very well and how it had been controlling the world around the poet... "the sunrise is captured by his iron will" this line hits home with how the darkness trying to hide the light from the world, the poem is very deeply meant with how the evil forces try to hold the good forces of this world down... But light will shine through it, sun will rise no matter how dark the world becomes... Your concept is so very thoughtful and I can relate to the feelings of it very well... The ending leaves a hope, and I finally realized which contract is cancelled... Lovely work dear frnd...

Sincerely
Dhiman

[Marianne Rose]

Thank you dear friend- you followed the course of the journey well- and you have known more of it in real life terms. I wrote this very fast this morning- it was surreal- as if I traveled through the whole journey in a half hour. I kept writing, because still I kept feeling, it isn't finished, this can't be the end . . . What a remarkable dialogue I had with my pen. No one was more surprised than I was at the ending. Then the title wrote itself like a proclamation, and I felt the truth of the last lines. I did no deal with the devil, I signed no contract with darkness, there is no contract on my head. Nice to have the lies swept away, and feel the joy again. Thanks for sending me your beautiful review to celebrate this day with me.

[Inject Positivity]

I'm so happy hear your uplifting choice of life, when the hard times hit you you faced it, and then with your faith in God you are seeing the beauty of life again...

[Mari R-J]

Another really good one. You're very visual and the imagery is very good.

[Marianne Rose]

Thanks- that's really a lot of what my writing is- I see something in my mind and try to capture it. The ones that are different are more about relationships- like the story - Capsized- really a story of a phase of life my husband and I passed through.

[Mari R-J]

I reviewed that one. Loved it!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

as we get towards the end, older, the truth seems to come more easily...deception becomes a thing of the past---we feel it is time to rest our head on the pillow honestly...the scales somehow balanced...

we come to terms...

[Marianne Rose]

I hope the truth comes a little more easily as I continue to find perspective- seems like I should already be at the place you speak of- but my young heart still teeters at times, waiting for the inner sage to bring forth balance. At least I have an inner sage! We are all such deep and delicate things, aren't we, reconciling and resolving, until, as you say, we come to terms. Thanks J for your reflections and life-insights.