Echoes In The Cage. Poem by Tor Magnor Solvang

Young spirit, bright and bold,
With life's full tale to unfold.
She races, leaps, and dreams so wide,
While peace and comfort I confide.

Her strength, a river, flows unbound,
My heart seeks quiet, hallowed ground.
A different path, a different quest,
While mine finds solace, gentle rest.

No escape from these four walls,
My love a cage, where hope enthralls.
Dependent now, my spirit frail,
On a heart now closed, beyond the pale.

The fight for 'normal' may subside,
No more to plead, no more to chide.
A silent peace, a dignity,
Perhaps she'll find her own way free.

Alone I stand, a world apart,
No kin, no friends to mend my heart.
This marriage was my only shore,
Now waves of loss crash evermore.

A wrong I did, a heavy cost,
A year of pain, my spirit lost.
But I must rise, and make amends,
Forgive myself, where life transcends.

This life's a loop, I can't erase,
But in my soul, I'll find my space.
To change my days, though walls remain,
And find new sun, through falling rain.