You will

The Sun opened up like a bud
inside your heart
shining with resolute beauty
of who you are

Your restful body
feeling safe
in this embrace
and yet your soul started to ache
as soon as your eyes glimpsed
first traces of the dawn
you remembered the pain
a taste of despair
memories gushed into you like wild winds
you remember your daddy
you still can’t believe
he is gone
and your arms long to hold him
at least
once more

You stumble across the room
your eyes drop like petals of a rose
coffee seems like a weak comfort
but you take it
like a drug
it runs through you body
to help you move
tears fall like pieces of gold
straight from your heart
that little boy grabs his hand
around your shoulders
you sob
feeling his young tender love
and for a moment
somewhere deep within you
much further than words can reach
you glimpse new strength
a seed of it
that is,
and you know
you will keep going
you must
for your sons,
for the sake of the love that is within your heart,
for the one who called you
‘my dearest child’
you will
somehow, with weakest strength
you will
rise

Iva Beranek