Engulfed

Peace hides from me in this sanctuary,
ferns cloak the portraits I have feared,
I sit in the doorway
between my emptiness and future,
dying in the serenity,
unable to forgive,
can’t erase what scalds my heart.

This passage through lush foliage vest
a sojourn sought for silent tranquility,
some sweet hush for the screams
of my own pain,
wanting, desperately aching,
for a tomorrow without pain.

Seeking every fissure of bliss
in the emerald shaded tapestry,
inhaling the rich colors and cool air,
yet it restraining its balm
as if my barren life was unworthy.

Irony digs its heels into my brain,
a loft I came
by seer’s aid,
astral touch upon this Eden,
promised to purge
my deepest wounds.

Voyager through that white tunnel,
deposited in this oasis,
was another wanderer’s stop sign,
one more diamond shattered when held.

Engulfed in the clarity,
traveling to splendor
only heals
when you finally accept yourself.