SUNSHINE AURA – self-esteem. self-love. self-actualization. 

I saw it all in a dream…

A family together

Strong, no matter the weather

Content in their little corner

Love keeping them ever-warmer.

They mastered the give-and-take

Admitted when they made mistakes

Said their sorries and quick to forgive

An idyllic, perfect way to live.

That was the way things were

Til’ the night lightning cracked

Casting a glow across the sky

A shift in temperature on the rise.

First, it touched the father

Snaking up his arms and legs

Seeping into his heart while he slept

At cruelty and blaming, he became adept.

He bellowed and roared at his wife

Said she ruined him, destroyed his life

Accused her of taking and taking

No apology now for mistakes he was making.

In return, the wife screamed and pled

Questioning why she ever took his bed

Leaving her daughters to fend for their lives

Forced to grow up too quickly to survive.

The Eden they created, now nowhere in sight

No fire nor warmth to comfort them at night

Loving words replaced by heated insults

Destroying peace in the house which they built.

The blackened heart of the father never wavered

Loneliness and despondency, he now favored

Calling his daughters foul names

Any chance he took to stab them with shame.

The daughters absorbed it all inside

Nowhere could be found to run and hide

The ugliest parts of their hearts emerged

Hatred for one another grew and surged.

No longer a unit, the daughters warred

Hurtling words more piercing than swords

Tears gushed from their eyes, filling the rivers

At night cold and alone, their empty bodies shivered.

No one would save them —

Eden would never be restored.

This dream has no happy ending

Only a tale of a family, broken and torn.