Dawn & Dusk

It’s so painful
To be like this
To have fallen from the skies
To be in this abyss

To not have the words
To say how you feel
To experience so much
But be unable to reveal

In this brief moment
When I put pen to paper
I can show a fragment
Just a small sliver

Then the door is shut again
Trapping me inside
Leaving me just my tears to drink
So I must continue to cry

Yet in this darkness
And the bitterness of tears
In this tragic nightmare
This fear of all fears

I found a small stone
A pebble, no less
A shard of hope
Given to me in my duress

Every day I clasped it
It began to grow
And notched in its surface
Little truths to me, it would show

I learned that sorrow
Is just a passing thing
And that pain is a prince
Who will never be king

Hope stands unmatched
At the end of my story
Whether in this life
Or when I am taken to glory

One day I will be immersed
In glorious light
And that bitter darkness
Will be left behind