Fragments of a Life by AnElephantCant
Is this the way to heaven
Can I find it at last deep in her brown eyes
Can she lead me there step by small step
Or is she a devil in an angel’s disguise
Is she able to release me
Can she finally open this prison door
Can she tear down the bars with her bare hands
Or is my pain once more cruelly ignored
Can she create the picture perfect
Can she paint colour back into my world
Is she the one to heal the artist’s soul
Or just one more sweet transient girl
Can she decipher the cluttered confusion
And make sense of this traumatised mind
Is she the answer to daydreams and wishes
Or does she walk away and leave me behind
Can she uproot the most stubborn of weeds
Allowing my withering soul to be nourished
Inviting in the sunshine and air
Making space for our love to flourish
Perhaps she is The Pimpernel
Who saves my neck from the cruel guillotine
But maybe she is only the whetstone
Who ensures that the blade is sharp and keen
anelephantcant 
Brought a tear to my eye, a little like an elephant can if it stood on my foot. Seriously this is a great poem. I loved the desperate plea of the last verse and the image of this fragile beautiful pimpernel woman in comparison to the jagged, scared and solid whetstone. Great imagery.
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AnElephant tries not to stomp on Dawn’s pretty toes!
And is happy that his words created such images in her lively mind.
Thank you.
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You’ve come a long way baby!!!!:) xx
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AnElephant is thrilled by your praise and blushes at your endearment.
Hugs
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She won’t leave you behind if she has any sense at all. An elephant who can write poetry like this? She’d have to be mad! 🙂
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You are too kind, MyBeautifulFriend, but thank you for your lovely words.
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An achingly, heart-rending poem!
What a talent you have, of being able to reach out and touch peoples hearts with your words!
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AnElephant is moved by this praise from his sweet friend.
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I like this. It is a soul searching, an excellent tale of hope and despair.
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Thanks, Al, happy that it spoke so clearly to you.
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You’re welcome. Great post again
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Beautiful poem I find interesting….also causes a proverb to spring to mind… “As you sow so shall you reap”
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You make an interesting point, as always.
Karma has teeth like a shark.
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Beautiful 🙂
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Thank you, Helen, much appreciated.
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Dear AnElephantCant, I just say: “wow”. This is a wonderful poem.
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AnElephant is delighted to receive such praise from a poet of Esther’s quality.
Thank you.
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