Caving from within, I'm fighting Pins an needles hard to breathe Through heartache; pains me As I suffer tirelessly, in silence And hide the fatigue of my mind Caught in landslides choking On conscience, consciousness daunts me, Toying with emotions Brainwaves sending false readings With absolute disconnect Error. Error. Error Of thought and self-control I dismiss rationality to welcome insanity Briefly I receive a message caught From the stars only To tell me not to feel scarred Our lives are temporary in the present With much difficulty finding meaning in all this I ask to the one, Thee only truest of a presence For an answer or some guidance Or some notion, at least a good semblance of One comforting piece of news or advice Would suffice To the reckless being I embody In this shell, this core, this hollow case Trapping me, ensnaring me. I am A victim to this forsaken life of greed And ruin along the many empty Beings not reaching their potential That they might see a sight in themselves to feel A fright and be obliged To set things right. I am pained in a world of hurt and hurting And loss and confusion and parting those Familiar ways of setting hearts a blaze today We stray from common knowledge of love to understand the other, to rise above Hate and hatred and wicked ways To free of the old clay, and mold ourselves I pray That we are of like-mind in this day and age To forfeit the sentiment of seperation. Our kindness heals hearts, understanding erases hurt, love unites, respect connects. Dig there in the depth of lost ruins and emerge to seek a soul of purity and intellect to give to one another as you so desperately crave to receive. Open hearts and open minds yield possibilities for us to be intertwined. Casting shadows produces a cold Bitter yard for your neighbor to dwell Evoking and emitting a smile from within can be akin To a warmth and envelop those near in a blanket of sunshine as well. "Oh but Why?" you ask. Because my friend, a friend Is a friend. Be them strange or familiar, And wouldn't you want the same? Oh, But. Wouldn't. you. want. the same? I say to you and unto you Hear me now as I beg Love with the same love you deserve and realize it's always deserved. So give it, but mostly receive it from thy self and know You. Are most certainly of worth. As are we all, my dear dears and dearests.