In My Pain I Isolate
In my pain I isolate
In my pain I isolate
Look down
Judge and feel bad
In my pain I go inside
Scream
As if
I am all alone
As if no one else
Gets this pain
In my pain
I punish
Eat
Act out
And dream of days before
I lie to myself
And wish that I
Would not have failed
Wish that I
Would have gone along
With
Closed my eyes
And held my nose
And existed still
Within
Not listening to the voice
That said
enough
Not listening to the voice
That whispered
More
That voice
That said
Not your fault
No need
To punish any longer
That call
That voice that said
Rise
That voice that said
Lay waste to your pretense
Lay waste to your lies
Lay waste to your anguish
Lay waste let it die
In my pain I isolate
Yet another voice
Through that pain
Keeps calling
Keeps calling
Rise
Keeps calling
Breathe
Keeps calling
Now
Be open
Allow
For while
Darkness
May envelope
Your soul
Right now
At the end of that darkness
A new day begins
And light breaks part
Darkness
Light breaks part
Pain
In my pain I isolate
Yet in the past two days
Came back
Joined together
Sat listened
Shared
Served
And healing once more begins
(Answering the question: Is my soul awake now?)
Copyright © Gordon Martin | Year Posted 2016
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