Depths of Despair
In the depths of despair I sank fathoms down
so deep suffocation filled lungs with defeat;
in the darkest of hours no light cracked the shell,
no matter how much I would plead and entreat.
The world turned to ice and froze me right out,
snaked into the marrow and writhed in the mind;
I dreamed of a time when the final cut
allow me part company with humankind.
When all seemed so hopeless and curtains would fall
a ray pierced the blackness and shone at my soul;
and gradually, achingly found where I live,
lit up my life and eclipsed the black hole.
A meeting by chance, a random encounter
put back the sun and turned me around;
you never can tell who's a guardian angel,
or likewise the source of salvation be found.
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