A Journey...Darkness to Light

by pierre poote'

the loss
the denial

Death of my child
I cannot cope
Tumbling in a twirling world
Vivid reality stalks me…
Waves of grief
Lave on desolate shores…
My mind hibernates
Far away
Seeking precious oblivion

the illusion of escape
I must get away

Dust billowing from beneath my boots
Sun mirrored in Costa blues
Salty sweat steaming down my back
Peregrinating jumbled jungle trails
Ascending to steep summit caves

I turn to face a fervid glow of
Dead dreams burning far below
Whence teary years suffocated
A life which erstwhile held my smile

Anguish subsides as I climb so high
In a chemically induced altered mind

the inevitable fall
I cannot get away

Delirious deadly drug and drink
Buckle my knees… I begin to sink

Elysian colors of my rainbow days
Fade away with the sunshine rays
Mottled mountains obscure the rain
Sweeping across the meadow plain
Darkness spills across the land
Light obscured in blowing sand
Shadows permeate addled thoughts
Stomach churning wrapped in knots

Awakening to a horrid fate
Tear drops draining in full spate
Dreaded consciousness I must bear
Bleary eyes frozen…… distant stare

the mental breakdown
the collapse

Blood shot watery lacrimation
Ponder the mental devastation
Dying doomed hopes are clear
Cascading pain spewing fear
Volcanic eruptions in my brain
Searing, scorching psychic pain

Leaving scars never to heal
Emotional reality raining
Havoc on collapsing stability

the devastation
the despair

Smoldering soul silently screaming
Suffering spiritual strangulation

Temples throbbing
Labored breathing
Wretched weeping
Cannot talk
Cannot walk
Cannot eat
Cannot sleep

In a twisting tunneled wet dark cave
Resigned to stay in this cold grave
Curled hopeless on a barren stone
I choose to die here all alone

Paralyzed in perdition

The Way

In a final forlorn attempt at life
I pray to God to give me faith….
“Take me in Your arms forthwith
Grant me Your healing peace”

In my desolate despair I hear
God gently speaking in my ear

“Don’t give up, don’t go away
I still have plans for you today
Many are lost in bleak decay
Who do not know I am The Way
You are where you’re supposed to be
Spread The Word and reside in Me… I AM”

And now

Time has passed and I have grown
Sheltered under His wing I thrive
Renewed and Spirit filled
With a purpose beyond this world
I emerge from a deep dark cave
Into The Light of a brand new Way

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