Flicker of a Fairytale
Poem—A Ray
Photo by Michael Krahn on Unsplash
Past voices speak to future selves in Eternal
Day.
In eager sunlight, minds divide, separate and alert,
Made of clay.
When darkness covers all, we fall prostrate;
Union has sway.
Hybrid creation—human stature, divine destiny—
Come what may.
Are we choices, chance, spirit, or mere DNA?
Struggling to comprehend a million tragedies.
Who can say?
In the gloom of mourning, weary-soul weakness, a cry from beyond,
Belay!
Compassionate understanding, glimmers of truth, the light of hope,
Mock every cliché.
Souls must transcend the moral zombie zone caught between extremes,
Hurray?
Judge not lest ye be judged, yet decisions must be made,
Today.
There is a thread that twines us all—good, evil, middling too,
Our part in the relay.
Ignorance and innocence, not knowing what we know,
A gateway.
Humility and Humanity, Love’s clearest voices yet,
Will you gainsay?
The voices that ring truest, do not speak but cry,
Must devastation rule our day?
Creation we did not, though create we may,
Lies deceive with broken truth,
All betray.
In that endless end and powerless power,
Another Voice rises, a growing harmony,
Convey.
In our moment now, I speak to you,
Between ancient old and newest new,
A ray.
I pray.
About the Author
As a teacher with a degree in Elementary Education who has taught in big cities and small towns, Ann Frailey has homeschooled all of her children. She manages her rural homestead with her younger kids and their numerous critters. She writes books and a Friday blog alternating between short stories, poetry, book excerpts, and My Road Goes Ever On series.
She earned a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing for Entertainment from Full Sail University.
In her spare time, she serves as an election judge and secretary/treasurer of her small town's cemetery.
To check out her stories, novels, inspirational books, and her film and tv scripts, visit https://akfrailey.com/
A. K. Frailey Books
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