As if walking down a dark staircase,
every step forward gives way to uncertainty.
Downward, tripping upon my thoughts
feeling less, and less likely to feel the sunshine again.
It’s the smell of decay, rotted souls, & tortured hearts
smothered dreams, forgotten hopes, among all the lies.
Broken hearts left in its wake, like the skulls upon Golgotha,
condemned for their crimes.
That darkened staircase has become damped by tears,
fear as taken over, with its siren-like call into the unknown.
Crashing like waves, an undertow of raw emotions,
my demise now bellows from the locker below.
I’ve created this fable, where the plot twist is all to real
only to assume its identity in ghostly winds.
Loneliness, my old friend
my true undoing.
Sun rises and falls, day after day, It does not change
so will it ever get better with the dawn?
Do the monsters I've brought to be, ever vanish into the darkness, forever?
For I know I’m not alone, no matter how I feel.
HE walks along side me lovingly, waiting for my less than faithful cries.
Unconditional, Unconventional, Unrelenting Love
No matter my feebleness, my flaws, my imperfect human form,
Forever will HE make good on his promises to me.
Jun 12, 2018
Jun 12, 2018 at 2:33 PM UTC
As if walking down a dark staircase,
every step forward gives way to uncertainty.
Downward, tripping upon my thoughts
feeling less, and less likely to feel the sunshine again.
It’s the smell of decay, rotted souls, & tortured hearts
smothered dreams, forgotten hopes, among all the lies.
Broken hearts left in its wake, like the skulls upon Golgotha,
condemned for their crimes.
That darkened staircase has become damped by tears,
fear as taken over, with its siren-like call into the unknown.
Crashing like waves, an undertow of raw emotions,
my demise now bellows from the locker below.
I’ve created this fable, where the plot twist is all to real
only to assume its identity in ghostly winds.
Loneliness, my old friend
my true undoing.
Sun rises and falls, day after day, It does not change
so will it ever get better with the dawn?
Do the monsters I've brought to be, ever vanish into the darkness, forever?
For I know I’m not alone, no matter how I feel.
HE walks along side me lovingly, waiting for my less than faithful cries.
Unconditional, Unconventional, Unrelenting Love
No matter my feebleness, my flaws, my imperfect human form,
Forever will HE make good on his promises to me.
A poem based upon personal struggles with depression & its influence upon my faith.
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