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I wrote this work long ago but it seems fitting to repost it here in the poetspoint home. May this poetpoint last as long as the old one and may it see many new works. Crying or Very sad

Somber beginnings

Such are the days
slowly drifting by
days now committed
to my ever fragile mind

So many words have been shared
so many ideas have been exchanged
emotions and sensations
each in their own way and voice

But as it is said
and seems to be so
that for each door that closes
another one opens

So I bid the past fare-well
shed a silent tear
in memory of what was
and lock the memory away

Then I turn
to face and greet tomorrow
to glance through the door
that now stands before me

I rise to the challenge
to go on and grow
to rise and succeed
and make the best of this new beginning.

Diana
8/23/01

Dedicated to the memory of Cyber-Poetry.com and our old poetspoint home.

"This was not an easy work for me to write or re-read, as it seems to be.

When I wrote this it was as a tribute to a place many of us called home. CP (Cyber-Poetry.com).

I used this piece to help me settle in to my new home. I wanted to hopefully help others, as well as to make sure CP was never forgotten.

The 1st two stanzas represent the chaos and confusion that I felt at the time. I was pretty new to CP and was not very used to such a warm feeling from so many people. I had joined at a time in my life when chaos reined supreme. CP was a safe place where I could go and share my heart and mind with others and not be criticized. (Just the way Poets Point is today )

The next two stanzas, was me dealing with the present (at that time) and trying as hard as I could to think positively. (Not at all easy for me then.)

Then, the last two stanzas are my hopes and wishes for the future. How I wished to see things go. I wanted to see PP grow like a butterfly. To have the memory transformed in to a new place where others could come and feel the same way I did.

I think it has.

A funny thing that I did not realize until I was re-reading this work, is I did not notice that I had 2 stanzas for each the past, present, and future. Most of you think that is odd maybe but for me it shows a personal balance that I did not know I had at that time.

A year has come and gone and I think so far we have risen to each challenge and come out like a glorious butterfly."