IN TONES OF GRATITUDE
Once broken by adversity
with tragedies of fate she’d known
she slept a long and restful sleep
and woke to hear the sound of bells
that tolled for her.
Within the embers of her world
her sorrows passed like evil dreams
and from the ashes sprang a flame
with warmth that roused her waking heart
and lit her sunless world.
Declusion left in distant dreams
she rowed toward romantic shores
no more she stayed irresolute
by natural impulse she enthralled
in tones of gratitude.