Wilder Side

Welcome to the wilder side,

Where you’ll find no place to hide.

And sunshine falls instead of rain, they say.

No, the truth just can’t be found,

Tiptoeing on timid ground.

It’s love,

That always lights the way.

While you show your tamer face,

Standing in that well-worn place.

Yet still you swim against the tide again.

For when life gave you cyanide,

And tried to start a war inside.

Your voice grew stronger than the pain.

© Jane Thomas