The Evanescence of Life

Thursday February 3 2005 - My Lowest and Highest Moments in One

I was lost in my shadows
The light gone from my eyes
The feeling gone from life
No reason, no path, no end.
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My body dead, the soul wandering
I stumbled
and with every step I fell closer to the edge
My breath stolen from me
My heart with another
Everything wrong
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I went to the river to escape
The running water, the harmonious birds, the emptiness
Time slowed, allowed my senses to embrace
I tripped and fell to the darkness
But, something helped me
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As I looked up, a tall tree had the face of comfort
I touched it's bark, and felt for the first time in a long time,
I felt, saw, lived it's story
It showed me my life and in the night, I found day
A day with people whom I loved
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Standing up, the ground below me shook with it's pains
The leaves crunched with despair, the clouds moved with anger
The wind spread joy, the water gave flow, and I lived
I felt everything around me and came to realisation
With her holding my heart, my friends behind my choices,
And my dear brother guiding my hand.
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Strength did not have to come from within just one.
My failure, my recover, the journey.
With haste and power
Is the Evanescence of Life

-Thank you to everyone who cared for me that day - Milton