I am sinking
Further further further down
Darkness surrounds me
It’s all around
I’m trying to breath
My air is cut
Joy is dead
I have nothing left
Stop pulling!
Don’t make me drown
Under under underneath
I’m gone
Tag darkness
No Right
I have no right to feel as black as I do
I have no right to see no light
When birds sing me awake
After a quiet night
I have no right.
Shadowed Waters
Tight fingers
Grab my neck
I cannot move –
In an iron grip
Shadowed waters
Pull me under
I need!
Air
Ocean Floor
I can’t think straight
But for the darkness creeping in my mind
Waiting for the waves to crash over
And drag me to the bottom
Of the ocean floor
Light Shines
Darkness
On my shoulders
Darkness
Consuming
Darkness
Controlling
Darkness
Dictating
The heaviness
Weighs down
I kneel and
Through my prayer
Light shines
Darkness Descending
A shadow without light
Would ne’er a shadow be named
But rather darkness descending
On never ending night
Like moonlight shadows
And shadows with light
A soul’s sore pain echoes
Sweet victory’s delight
One side of a coin
Is one half of a whole
The yin and the yang –
Whole is more than its parts
Finding the Light
The news arrived
Suddenly and unexpectedly
The pain of another
Crossing time and space
Across the miles
Emotions travel
I feel sorrow
I feel sadness
I feel hopeless
I feel privileged
I feel blessed
I feel conflicted
I feel loved
I feel empty
I wonder why
What is it for?
Where does it end?
And how? Please tell me how
To feel joy in the light of
Sinking ships
Lives dying
Lives suffering
Bodies paining
Bodies drowning
I do not know
How to start
Finding the light
Falling Shadow
A shadow fell over me
This morning when the sun began to rise
And though I tried to shine a light
The darkness was too strong
You asked me what I was doing
I said I was lying down
You tried to get inside my head
But my thoughts were never to be shared
Broken Heart
Branches etch across the sky
As rays of light weave their way
Into the darkness of my life
Warming the broken vessels of my
Heart
White Lights
White lights
Burning bright
Lighting the darkness
Denying the night
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