[Poem] Beauty for Ashes [as inspired by Jessie Boroh]

Beauty For Ashes

Lost in a dark world 

Full of chaos 

Love taken away 

Given feelings of loneliness.

Living life 

Feeling abandoned

Faith so strong 

I'm dumbfounded.

So long a time 

I continue to hope 

For better days 

I pray I'll see.

Wars fought 

Lives lost 

Tears shed

Bodies buried.

Brokenness sets in 

But I'm told to be happy

How can that be 

Since I lost control.

Emotions gone wild 

Garment torn

Here I am 

Beautiful in pain.

The tunnel is endless 

For I seek happiness

Where can I find it ?

In this life or after.

Seven times I fell

I Rose eight

To kill the hate 

And spread the love.

For the light has come 

My best I shall become 

Its end I shall see 

No tear shall come from me.

For these things are vain

Yet we try again

Keeping up with the act

Pawns in the master plan.

Happy days are here 

A beautiful soul 

Should be Merry 

And not worry.

Laughter for tears 

Joy for sadness

Life for death

Beauty for ashes.

Writer: Abiayi Chinemerem E.