For some relief to borrow
But unfortunate as it is
There is no solace in sorrow
The pain in me
rents me
breaks me
until the darkness
overtakes me
I can't breathe beneath it all
So in the midst
I just fall
Where is my hope?
Who holds my comfort?
What takes my pain
With just one word?
Am I seeking for too much?
Do I deserve love's honest touch?
Blackened is my heart today
For all the light has gone away
In despair I will stay
For the demons, I can't slay
Why must the fires of torment
Tickle at my skin?
All the while my heart cries out
It's a sin! It's a sin!
I would have my heart unbroken
Leave not my tears as a token
That ne'er did they fall
And in vain surrender all
I can't stand to lift my head
Lay my body on Heavenly bed
What is that shakes me so?
What grim spectre brings me woe?
My heart and soul cry out
Too long have I been without
Something to laugh about
An I excepted from all joy?
Cursed to be the devil's toy
This I can't accept
Satan's games, inept
I feel I cannot bear
The burdens that I bear
Find home in misery
A dream is fantasy
Yet destiny breaks the chains
That hold me yet in vain
Before night falls, I will fly
Before my tortured soul can die.
By:J.R. Alexander