Dashed
I wish to be a priest no more
My heart drags the floor
Wearing black
Keeps sin from the attack
But my shield starts to crack
Life has wore me down
Observe my frown
Faith stumbles
As life crumbles
Thinking I cannot go on
Life is taking so long
Believe dashed by pain
And the stain
I'm lost
My heart pays the cost
God ignores my cry
Rain falls from the sky
Tears fall from the eye
This world is beyond me
From my mind never to be free
All the pain that there be
Life get the best
Think I have failed the test
Hungry, so cold
Have I let my soul be sold
Maybe it is because I'm so old
I do not know
But it is starting to show
The world I wanted to save
Is leading me to an early grave
So many hold life in distain
Sitting here in the rain
Wracked by pain
Seem no more do I care
Nothing is fair
Going to an adult care home
No longer can I roam
And alone I do not wish to die
For me, there is no one to cry
For I am already dead
Lost in my head
Love, not real
The pain that will not heal
I pray
Loose what I wish to say
Feel empty inside
Nowhere left to hide
Must confide
Hurts really bad
I feel sad
Nothing left for me
That I see
Life has got the better
Lost in the words of an old letter
They can make my body stronger
But I do not wish for longer
Borrowed time
Living my life through each rhyme
Life has been wasted
Love tasted
And lost
I now pay the cost
Whished for so much
Somewhere I feel out of touch
Gave away all I have had
Why am I sad
Life wins
Who is with no sins
I fall
Life seems to stall
Leaning against this wall
Struggle to stand
No one can understand
The words I say
Can no longer pray
I feel
Like I'm ill
My body dragging
My soul sagging
But why can I not just give in
The world did win
But this inner fire
Burns ever hire
Even without the desire
My will refuses to bend
Hiding from the wind
Afraid to step into the world I see
What should become of me
From life I wish to flee
I wait for my ride
Life lied
I cried
Copyright © William P. Harris | Year Posted 2023
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