Beg I Light, That This Heart and Soul May See

Beg I Light, That This Heart And Soul May See Sorrow have you become my only friend As your morbid touch decays heart's true fires Shall your beast - death, grant release in the end Forbid joyful dreams and that which so inspires Seal this soul to therein darkness descend Into abyss, where blackness never tires? Dare I beg of the sun's bright golden rays That which as yet prayers have not gained Illumination that casts dark away Bleaching white youthful years that were stained Relief sparsely given that fails to stay Setting course that life has now so pained? Pray tell, shall this life ever blessings yield Shall I race forth into eternity Or perish as do flowers in the field With no more than a glimpse at infinity Fighting as knight with neither sword or shield Die not finding peaceful serenity? Nay, such failure cannot ever so be Our souls were created by divine hands Man did not simply emerge from black seas Instead was meant to rule these earthen lands Not by tears, or pitiful begging pleas Rather with true faith, life's travails withstand! Date: December 6th, 2020 Inspiration found. SilentOne's Catharsis Poetry Contest Contest Description Catharsis is the process of releasing strong or pent-up emotions through art. Aristotle coined the term catharsis—which comes from the Greek kathairein meaning "to cleanse or purge"—to describe the release of emotional tension that he believed spectators experienced while watching dramatic tragedy.