Darkest before Dawn

I haven't written poetry in 8 years. Normally I am stoic and complacent enough that I seldom feel inspired to delve into myself enough to create it. While recently seeking solace from a friend, he reminded me that often disappointment is the result of some expectation created through attachment. I couldn't agree with him more, but often life's most difficult lessons to learn are the ones that can enable us to conquer our fears and see through our perceptions, thus helping us develop and giving us greater insight into our lives. Without the bad, how would we know how to measure the good? Keeping that in mind, I was inspired to write this.

Darkest Before Dawn

When brightness recedes and hope starts to wane

The darkness proceeds the envelopment of pain

But does it's embrace signify loss

Or the changing perceptions that give our lives cause

Were we free of these bonds and expectations forgot

Would we grow from ourselves? All introspection for naught?

So sometimes the lessons we learn from the stings

Can show us the beauty that every day brings

So when things seem their worst and all light is gone

Keep true to yourself, its darkest before dawn




















Tom Pain