Portal

I look
Within a midst of cloud
And spy
A window
A portal
To another time
A day passed
Or another yet to appear
Sunlight
Brightening
The final moments
Of the death
Of a time consigned to a memory
Or the birth pains
Of a day
Destined
To change all who are a part of it
To pass
Through it to either
A dream
To relive a time gone
To hold again a dream
That passed
A loved one
Lost
Or instead
A chance
To see a future
Hidden
To know a fate
Where survival
Is in doubt
Where questions
Might be answered
A portal
Seen
A dream
Nothing more


Terry Rhiannyr (Terry Reader)
February, 2013