Taming

Even the greatest demons,

fearsome and raging

as they rip and howl

through the chasms

of your abandoned hopes

Even the slamming 

trap door of shame

with its dark echo

of clanging isolation

Just like everything that drags along

the shadowed garb of sorrow.

these, too, will be disarmed and tamed

Their sad disguises

will be laid aside,

their secret heart

will be exposed

and they’ll be wrapped

with tender expert hands

so they have no more need

to haunt your home.

©Wendy Mulhern

November 22, 2018