The show was wonderfully created

No elegance was limited

Laughter filled the room

And the smiles of a million people were captured on one face

 

It was a beautiful life

No mistakes in its perfection

And love was the foundation

At least that is what everyone thought

Until the day truth revealed itself

 

No pain ever dug so deep into the core of an unsuspecting soul

That suffered from the numbness of daggers a lifetime ago

Than the final goodbye

It was torture unknown to a world of sufferers

 

The tears that poured filled streams of unhappiness that flowed into the reservoirs of a depressed mind

There were no varying waves to predict the everlasting impact a tsunami would have left on the fragile heart

Like a rare jigsaw puzzle with too many missing pieces, the surgeons could do nothing to save it

It destroyed every hope of a miracle never to come

 

The wretched storm ended only to reveal the most dreaded prison

It was a mind trapped with mirrors that reflected the most hurtful times

And loud speakers echoing the final words of every love song ever sang

The melodies flowed like tears from a mother who loss her only child

And sometimes there was stillness and a glimpse of a twinkling eye

It provided hope of rainbows never to be seen

And the agony of trying to grasp it was distressing

But no strength was spared

 

Over and over again, the shattered heart crumbled into bits of forgetful memories

And the effects of what was slowly became less destructive

Instead of rain on a cold day, the sky was flooded with dark clouds

But the ones that kissed the sea had a flicker of light; a tiny bright one

 

In time, the sunshine appeared

And the prison sentence ended

A treasure box piled with love filled the gaps and holes of the heart

While an angel used life to sew the bits and pieces together

 

And then one day the smile appeared

And it wasn’t forced or planned or even conceived in the what ifs

It happened in the exact moment she decided to turn her back to the past

And make one step to the future

 

Now everything seems to be magnified with joy

And every day there are cheerful voices

Memories of yesterday sometimes resurface

Only now they’re painted with good wishes

And love for an eternity

 

Like a beautiful flower, she has grown

And like fine wine, she only gets better with time

Her worst days are packed with smiles

And on her best days she remembers to thank him for wounding her into complete contentment

There’s nothing more magnificent than a pain healed with love

 

[I wrote this on the 14th of January, 2015. The picture was taken in Portland in 2014.]