I’ll find a new way with a clean slate,
Despite the hands of fate,
I’ll seek the path to radiant light,
Freed from the tendrils of the night.
I’ll look into the mirror and smile,
Holding the hand of hope with every mile,
I’ll summon light into my room,
Disperse the pervading gloom.
As I walk into each day,
Optimism will be my guiding ray,
Darkness will no longer scare me,
I will have learned to sojourn across its sea.
Fresh pages breathe new life,
The onus is ours to still be enmeshed in strife,
Fresh pages herald a new dawn,
The night is past and gone.
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Thompson Emate spends his leisure time on creative writing, particularly poetry and prose. He has a deep love for nature and the arts. His work can be seen in Poetry Potion, Poetry Soup, Visual Verse, Written Tales magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Borderless Journal, ScribesMICRO and elsewhere. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
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