endings are also beginnings,
so maybe there is a chance for us
after all;
maybe after this virus is subdued
people will finally understand
what truly matters:
love, compassion, kindness--
the shining sun,
and the blooming crocuses;
every tree preparing to flower
gives me hope that better days
are arriving--
i refuse to succumb to fear,
to live my life trying to hide from the shadows;
monsters and nightmares do exist but
in the midst of every chaos
there are also warriors and dreams and i will
use my light to shatter every darkness
standing before me no matter what shape it may take--
i won't be ruled by fear.
Author Bio:
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has two published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013) and Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014). Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015.
so maybe there is a chance for us
after all;
maybe after this virus is subdued
people will finally understand
what truly matters:
love, compassion, kindness--
the shining sun,
and the blooming crocuses;
every tree preparing to flower
gives me hope that better days
are arriving--
i refuse to succumb to fear,
to live my life trying to hide from the shadows;
monsters and nightmares do exist but
in the midst of every chaos
there are also warriors and dreams and i will
use my light to shatter every darkness
standing before me no matter what shape it may take--
i won't be ruled by fear.
Author Bio:
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has two published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013) and Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014). Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015.
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