Hope and Despair, by Terry Subscribe to rss feed for Terry

I sit alone and stare up at the stars,
That shine down from a cold, dark sky.
Looking for answers,
But finding none.
No hope,
No reason,
No end to my pain.
 
Tomorrow, they say, is another day.
But not for me,
All my days are the same.
And endless repetition of empty sameness,
Stretching before me to a featureless horizon.
 
I walk along the path,
But it's an endless circle,
Forever returning me to where I began.
No end,
No beginning,
Just an endless now,
As I follow my own footsteps again and again.
 
What hope is there now for one like me?
Lost and alone;
Adrift on a sea of tears,
Tossed by the storms of anguish,
Marooned in the eternal doldrums of a haunted soul.
 
Where is the light that will guide me to recovery?
Where is the path to that leads to redemption?
Who will lead me, help and support me?
Who will keep my faltering footsteps on the path?
And carry me when I can walk no further?
 
They say nothing is forever,
But I know that's not true.
Not my pain, nor my suffering,
Because one day they will end.
But one thing is constant,
Though I try to deny it,
Run from it,
Hide from it,
Pretend it can't be.
It adds to my pain,
Clouds my thoughts with darkness,
Leaves me shivering, helpless, lost and alone.
But on the darkest of nights,
When my fears overwhelm me,
A beacon of light, flares bright and burns through.
Scattering my demons,
Leading me to safety,
Banishing my fears to grant me a moment's respite.
My guiding light,
My reason for living,
Now and forever,
Is my love for you.

©T Fergusson 2005
Posted: 2005-11-29 20:46:47 UTC

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2005-12-02 04:11:32Faith
Sooooooo good!!! Very well done... i like how it appears to rhyme and then it doesn't.

2006-08-30 03:22:02lttlewhitedove
WOW!!! Excellent...