Poetry By Christine McFarlane

By: Christine McFarlane

My head

 once

 down

My shoulders

 hunched

A

  bitter cold

used

to surround me

I had

no escape

The wind

would sting

my face

  The rain

coming down 

in torrents

Was my tears

springing forth

As I recalled

a past

 Once filled

With nothing

but black skies

A war

went on inside

 Thunder beings

Quarreled with

Lightening bolts

Lighting up

Mother Earth's

skies

 Coldness

seeped

 into my bones

Making me

 shiver

and withdraw

Today

 I hold

my head up

Stand tall

and

tell myself

The past is over with

Today is today

 And now

the sun shines

Where  darkness 

use to reign

All because 

you helped me

to believe

In me