Flooding in, 

My deep and dark worries 

Win this battle 

And get the best of me.  

 

Fractured rays 

Are my only savior, 

But all they can do 

Is show me what I once had, 

 

What's now out of my grasp, 

Though I could never hold it, 

Except in my heart - 

But it, too, is broken, 

 

It's flakes drifting away 

In the highlights of my life.  

Surely, my brain remembers 

And is capable of carrying them forever?  

 

No, for it, too, is limited, 

Shining only on surfaces 

Of entire beasts 

Baring teeth behind which only a chasm resides.  

 

My soul!  It is intangible; 

Perhaps it can resume my progress 

In the next life... 

But who knows?  

 

Life is not a given, 

Whether taken or not - 

Taken away by sweeping currents, 

Or not taken seriously enough.