My Cocoon
  
My personal bliss was at its supreme height, 
What I had yearned for years, I finally did find 
When all a sudden nature heaped on the hapless 
Such a plight, that I can only watch it in fright 
  
I struggle to balance these two warring emotions 
Wanting to only languish in overwhelming bliss 
Just soak up unendingly the emotions that drown me 
Remain ecstatic, dreamy eyed with a smile on my face 
  
But all around me devastation forces me to look 
And face the horrific realities that now abound 
See the anguished mothers, children, and brothers 
Shed my cocoon to empathize, and life redefine 
  
While a calamity this large has shaken the world 
A personal contentment has finally come my way 
I sway between wanting to remain lost in my haze 
And embrace the heartrending pain of innocents in 
daze 

 ~Glowing Embers~
30^th Dec 2004