Category: Poems & Images for Healing

if I don’t take the chance
recognize
this window
of opportunity
that’s materializing
before me
to transform myself
yes…. fly
like the butterfly
uninhibited
with the wind
today will only become
another yesterday
another day
I didn’t take that chance
to begin ~ become
who I possibly could be

Image & Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

I wrote this poem after Jimmy came to me in the form of a butterfly while I was mowing the lawn a few weeks after he passed. His message to me was comfirmed later that night in a dream.

these are days
drenched in a mood
of overcast
as far as
the mind can see
recovery
through healing
appears improbable
or at least
unforeseeable
in the near future
well  ~  so it seems
anyhow……
such a cloudy disposition
with the foreboding weight
of its shapes
displayed in contrast
across the mental
skyline
if given the time
will fade
into the horizon
…… then
the clear blue heaven
will inspire your spirit
your mood will be uplifted
and a smile on your face
will symbolize
this vast sea
the completeness
of your healing

Image & Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

life at times…… pours down
this torrent of grief
never ending
as it feels to those
who must undergo
the outpour of emotion
due to the loss
of a loved one

why  ~  why
the question
as sorrow runs
like water
from the storm
along the streets
littered
with
the ills
of days gone by

release…. the rain
let go of the pain
tears must flow
wash the spirit
so the soul
feels free
to live again

Image & Words by  ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

that lingering sadness
‘cause of the loss
of a loved one
begins to lesson
when the grieving soul
once again
focuses
on what’s
right before them
seeing the beauty
the meaning in life
for even
the undesirable
like a unkempt yard
full of overgrown weeds
accentuated by
this little
but immaculate tree
at the height of its crest

Image & Words by  ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

as the ever persistent
winds of change
like the funky
wind catcher
in the front yard
spins through our life
from birth to death
dramatically bringing
endings….. disrupting
our normalcy…… altering
our hopes
and dreams……. bringing
us sorrow  ~
remorse  ~
then forgiveness
and most importantly
release
‘cause
the emotional pain
due to loss
which suspends us
~  stands us still
in time……. eventually
threatens
to overwhelm us
yes  ~  to the point
where
we have to choose
between letting it
fully consume us
or just simply
letting it go  ~
so we can survive
and then
blow once again
in the wind
like the wind catcher
to have
a new beginning

peace out

Image & Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~

there are days….. like today
when I remember the flowers
left at your grave
I still can’t believe
you are gone
how hard it is
to breathe
how impossible
to hold back
the tears
‘cause I can also
feel the loss
of all those
who
left
the flowers at your grave
all those who love you

and yet ~
while in the turmoil
of my sorrow
my heart knows
that the person you were
the person
you still are
within my mind
would want me
to go on…. live
live life to the fullest
set the example
to be followed
for all those
who feel the loss of you
by the flowers
left at your grave that day

’cause if we live…… it shall bring
everlasting honor
to the way
you lived
each day of your life

‘cause you
will still be with us
~  yes
within the very
things we do

Image & Words by  ~Keith Alan Hamilton~