A Voice Regained - a poem

A Voice Regained
Your voice long silent,

a forgotten existence;

within you the angel,

the purpose of its wings

a memory distant,

like a prisoner still imprisoned

in a cell that's opened,

to fly it would not even attempt.
You'd hidden from the world,

hiding within your self

as demons clouded your soul;

afraid of the pain of falling

again into unrequited love.
In the depths of your darkness

your way had been lost,

until came the crisis

of the loss of your breath,

unable to inspire,

feeling nearer to death,

that brought you inspiration,

a stronger desire to live.
The need for healing had brought you

to unavoidable contact with many,

a place where your angel imprisoned

saw other angels flying,

some of whom were trying

and some on the wing high above.
Here you were finally seeing

the human connection you'd forgotten

that you needed and had missed;

then in the midst of the healing

your voice had to be silenced

for days that seemed infinite,

and in this waiting

had strengthened your yearning

to awaken your voice.
Then the moment had come

when to speak you were able,

your voice you were regaining,

your angel was on its way ascending,

your voice was on a journey

to grow in its strength.

This poem appears among twenty-five others in my book Something to Believe In, available at iUniverse, Chapters Indigo, and Amazon (USA, Canada, & UK).

Thank you, 

Bolko Rawicz