Loud Joy
The voices from the future
Calling to me
Beckoning and begging
Me to not give up—to not forget who I am
Pressing onward into the bleak unknown
Fervently finding flowers along the way
To keep me going as
Stones dig into the bottoms of my feet
Children watching my every action
As I feel around, tripping, falling
Getting up again and again and again
Tears washing away the screams trapped within
Always, in the distance, a soft weeping for
What was lost
Always, at the forefront, a fight for
What might be won
Dancing in the shadows and the sunlight
On fire with wishing
Squelched by reality
And though the heart knows
It can as swiftly become
Shattered to bits as was healed over time,
It keeps making a joyful noise
Drowning out sorrow regardless
I love this! The joyful noise!
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