A handshake and a smile©
The winds of fate blow harshly through the world...
Biting,stinging ,,,relentlessly trying to take us,,
There's a dark loneliness eating into our hearts,,
A heavy sadness in our eyes...
Why...this is all we want to know..,,
When ...will we ever be the same ..??
Loved ones apart,,loved ones together...
Souls shattered ..loved ones departed,,
Cries of despair,,yes.. many times over,,
People have been broke on many levels,,
bodies and souls battered..bruised...
Yet as I gaze out a dusty window..
Hope gently sighs in my heart...
It flutters gently,,yet strongly...persistent and comforting..
I hear song birds chirping happily in the trees..
Sun beams warm and bright cradle face...
Warming both heart and soul...
Listening silently,not wanting to break the magic of the moment..
Time the master of us all seeks a balance...
The pendulum will swing back...
But this path has differed from it's beginnings .
karma will swirl the fates once more...
I wait...my breath catching in my throat..
I wait for time to give back the things I crave..
Warm handshakes from hands held out before me...
Friendly smiles...not hidden behind a mask...
People gathered in joy...
The sounds of happy children playing..
Sitting in the warm sun on a park bench..
Listening to the chatter of wildlife around me,,
When will this be...
I ask this of time....
Time answers back in a voice as old as creation....
In time..in time...patients is all that is needed...
Joyful hearts,,
Happiness in a smile,,
Hugs from friends,family..
Grateful greetings...
These will return..
Broken hearts will mend...
Tears of shattered souls will find peace..
Our loneliness will melt away...
We will never be as we were..
We will cherish our lost,,
Embrace those we still have..
Never again will we look at things the same...
Remembering what time takes from us...
Time gives back in other ways.....
Until then,
I will hold in my heart,,,
Cherish in my soul..
The day when I can take your hands..
To give the gift of a warm smile and a handshake,,,
**Written and Composed by Coll Millsted ©
2020/04/24
***AKA lemur7