Scattered
All around
The pieces lay
Leaving me broken
My mind is confined
Braids of bitter suffering
Entwine
Entwine
Carving relentlessly deeper
A catch in my throat
Suddenly I'm drowning
This sea of sorrow has no mercy
Caught in it's wrath
Alone I weep
Myself I have forsaken
Who but I can procure the peace that eludes me
For me such emotions are delicate and fleeting
I wish to embrace my inherent delight
Like a lost treasure it remains unfound, yet greatly desired
It must be there, somewhere
Buried far beneath
Hope has not failed this quest
Radiant with light
Just waiting to be found
The pursuit to shine though the lurid gloom
Familiar with the burden
I will remain sanguine
Perhaps one day I will come to find it
I will gladly yield to it
Where it was lost, the despair will take it's place
To be forever cast into profound nothingness
Only, it will not shine, as my delight does
For, it is the darkness in which my delight was consumed