A Guiding Light Poem by Hazel Durham

A Guiding Light

Rating: 5.0


She dances as the sun shines through her grimy window,
It's dazzling light highlighting her petite body,
With her hair tied up with a ragged bow,
She looks like a waif of the cold, cruel streets of Dublin,

She finds love with strangers on fleeting nights,
She drinks alcohol to drown her demons,
As they try to destroy her soul,
Eating through her flesh,

Death had entered her life early,
Darkness invading her youth unfairly,
She plays with imaginary lovers merrily,
They all want to win her heart,

Now her coldest part,
She is shivering with fear,
Her sallow skin glaring nude,
As she kisses her new dude,

With a lost passion,
He wants to guide and love her,
She laughs and screams in anger,
She is not a cat ready to purr,

Instead he buys her a brown, fake fur,
The sun shines from his sky blue eyes,
He holds her hand with kindness,
He tells her no lies,

That can twist deep into peoples souls,
He respects her struggle,
He will help her rise as she grows old,
Into his princess to merge and enfold,

Into city life,
To feel the pain and push through to a sunshine day,
With butterfly wings she flies her own way,
Into every night with his eyes as her guiding light.

Monday, June 8, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: love and pain
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sekharan Pookkat 09 June 2015

there will be a guiding light for the people who strives alone

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Kumarmani Mahakul 10 June 2015

A poem with excellent phraseology and guiding light nicely presented. I like very much. Thanks for posting.

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Valsa George 10 June 2015

Into a life devoid of purpose and the right orientation, when a kind person comes with the largesse of heart to forgive and lavish love without limits, there happens a sweet change that offers one butterfly wings! Great write Hazel!

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Mihaela Pirjol 17 October 2018

This is wonderful a poem on hope and salvation. There is always a guiding light in life; there is always someone for every one. A heart-warming poem!

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Lyn Paul 26 June 2015

Beautiful words expressing the routine of survival.

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Akhtar Jawad 19 June 2015

Death had entered her life early, Darkness invading her youth unfairly, She plays with imaginary lovers merrily, They all want to win her heart, The poetess is well aware of human psychology, it happens with all of us. A nice poem...................10

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Lyn Paul 17 June 2015

A beautiful heartfelt write full of hope. We forget how fortunate we are with a roof over our heads. Simply wonderful words.

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Ramesh Rai 14 June 2015

Life is twisted at every fold, neverthless it propagates being bold.

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