In This Place
How shall I speak to what I once was
in the dawn of my subsequent life,
with my eyes wide open
staring fiercely toward my end.
I’ve played this song over and over in my head
never really knowing what was said,
yet as I lean into the shadow of this darkness
The lyrics are so sweet to my soul.
Will I wake up on the other side
bathed in a euphoric light of meaning
or will this be the commencement of my doom,
the phantom that has terrorized my dreams.
Yet with all of this uncertainty comes clarity
and with this clarity comes agony
and with my agony comes hope,
that there is something there.
That there is a place where I can feel
with every breath that I take
and every star that I gaze
will this place be that place.
I do not know yet I shall depart
with both feet I must leap,
willing to accept who I am
in this place, Oh this magnificent place.
Copyright © Joseph Furdeck | Year Posted 2017
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