Dark Pit
Slippery ground
And a curious mind
Led me down a black hole
Where darkness crept inside my soul.
Fallen deep into the pit.
No way out did I find.
Just sick advances,
Where hope enchanted
And the mind lost all senses.
Down in the black hole,
Where sadness had no end,
Plagues of the past relived over and over again
In my head.
Leaving my spirit dead.
Then suddenly a hand lowered in--
As if life gave second chances.
Without any hesitation I grabbed onto hope.
I took a chance I'd find where I had left my heart.
The sunlight shown upon my face for the first time
In almost a decade.
The warmth on my cheek
Left my knees weak
And my heart's grief seeped
Through the tear-ducks
Onto my cheeks.
A new day--a new chance to see the world
Through a light I'd never knew of.
The broken
Shattered pieces of my "once-was"
I left them in the pit.
This new way of living left no room for baggage.
No need to remind myself of the past.
Shake off the dust
And find the ground.
Walk in the light of this new world
Where darkness has no advantage
And hope is no
Longer something lost,
But found
And lived out;
Free from all bondage.
The sunlight leaves you breathless.