Sometimes life is pain and obstacles
Glimmers of hope may break through the clouds of dark fog like slivers of sun
But the pain still resides
You try to release it
Maybe even shut it off
Close the door or block your ears
But the ears of the heart hear it all
The heart speaks and you have no where to run or hide
You can only listen
You may try to drown it out with substances, people or distractions
But those are just that…
Distractions and little lies you indulge in
The truth of the heart always shines out
Even when it’s hurtful
This immense pain raining down on you like a hurricane from all directions
And even when you make it to the eye of the storm and all seems calm
You feel stuck, stagnant, knowing that if you move , you may be swept back into the chaos
Yet if you stay there is no where to go
So you try to be the observer of the chaos
Of your own thoughts , feelings and pain
And yes that does help
But then the morning comes and you still feel it
The night and the inbetween moments are loud enough to burst your ear drums
So you try to break the walls of the hurricane
Getting bashed by all manners of objects, chaos and the old traumas it sweeps up in its grip
Yet still you try pushing through
A little bit , day by day, 1% more every chance you get
Then you have days where things really are better, you can’t see the way, in or out
But you can feel that it is there, somewhere on the horizon, waiting for you to reach out and grab it
Then there are days like today
When the way out seems easier
The cowards way out by note and noose
Why continue to live with this pain when you could just end it all and start again
Then you remember a wise man once said
“The face of death in this life is the face you are born with in the next.”
So you try and push through the walls again tomorrow….