False Hope
The light appeared upon the dark horizon
Twinkling brightly in the frozen air
Nothing could have been more surprising
Nothing else could make me stop and stare
Bright and clear like a star that descended
It shone towards me across open water
A promise of all things fixed and mended
An end to pain cause by emotional slaughter
Like a moth I drifted slowly toward it
Pulled in by the promise of love so warm
Making waves I came near bit by bit
To the light that could heal a heart torn
As I carefully approach this white vision
The black waves lapping its very base
I too late sensed the deep indecision
And all hope disappeared without a trace.
Plunged back into the pitchest of black
Adrift once again upon open water
My broken heart left with another crack
My emotions again my body slaughter.
Where is the sense and the logic to this?
To the pain caused by ones we hold dear
Is it something my mind’s made to miss?
If I don’t know how can I live without fear?
Copyright © Anthony Mathias | Year Posted 2007
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