All We Have Is Hope

I can feel the freezing fright and fear rattling in the marrow of my bones; It immerses me. I can feel the vexing uncertainty shrouding me like a black cloud; It swallows me. I can feel the baleful worry surrounding me like a pack of ravenous wolves; It encircles me. I can feel the awful dread welling and swelling up in me like a violent maelstrom; It envelops me. I can feel the cumbersome woe strangling me like a constricting python; It entangles me. I can feel the taxing stress crashing and breaking like tsunami waves on the shores of my mind; It besets me. I can feel the agonizing anguish beating my beleaguered soul to a bloody pulp; It besieges me. I can feel the terrible torment fomenting an emotional breakdown and upheaval; It encompasses me. I can feel the perplexing pain plaguing my heart with rancorous delight; It inundates me. I can feel the damnable distress torture every fiber of my being; It binds me. But I can also feel the wondrous spirit of Hope rising inside me like a spring of faith; It strengthens me. *Written for my dad who is now battling kidney cancer. All thoughts, prayers, good vibes and well-wishes are sincerely appreciated. Thank you ~Chan