There was a recent night when I experienced a great
loss, my life changed...
I broke into a million pieces and putting myself back
together still feels like a monumental task. Yet there was a voice, a small voice that was speaking
to me and when it's very dark, when it's very quiet I can sometimes still hear
it…
After the Sun Falls
by Mariann Martland
night brought
loss,
morning, new
grief.
life, as it was
known,
changed. broken
and alone,
the ache running
deep, into the
marrow
of bone, to the
pit of despair.
everything shifted,
altered. what
remains,
now tainted.
life,
as it was known,
changed.
then, a heavy
breeze whistling
a whisper,
“your sun will
rise again,
my child.”
body curled in
fits
of pain, head
bowing low
with regret,
sorrow,
shame, pounding
life into ground.
“your sun will
rise
again,” whispers
growing stronger,
clouds
blazing. from
afar
the Sky, speaking
loudly,
“life as you know
it has changed,
my child. you
will ache and mourn
and writhe in
your agony,
in your love and
you must
feel. feel. feel
the earth quake
beneath
tears burning
skin,
your body
crumbling from inside out
as shadows loop
around
the ashes of your
heart; this moment
will haunt the
stars
upon each
nighttime wish, but
one day, your sun
will rise.
until that dawn,
hold on
to me. watch my
sun’s light change
my darkness to
beautiful
colour, shades of
magic
through mystery.
follow its grace,
its hope, until
you claim it.
your own
life, as you know
it,
changed, forever
my child, but one
day
soon, your sun is going to rise.”
soon, your sun is going to rise.”
Mariann Martland is a writer, a seeker, a lover, a friend. She is a woman finding her voice in a very real world where she cannot help but dream. She wholeheartedly believes in the universe, love, connection and strength of human spirit, even when she is overwhelmed or confused by life; there is usually at least one moment in each day when she feels overwhelmed or confused by life. She is a Featured Writer for the online magazine Some Talk of Your & Me. Through writing she dances in the dark and breathes in the light. More of her words can be found at her blog here and on her Facebook page here.
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