Inner Turmoil
I cry so loud, yet you never hear me weeping
I stand so tall, though I feel like falling down
I must go on though, life is so worth keeping
As tears now gather, could make a person drown
My existence questioned, seldom ever answered
My thoughts then turn to the faces of the young
My wife she looks to me for strength, so absurd
For in my heart there are songs just never sung
Yet, I must smile and move so steadily ahead
While my body’s weak, with dreams to stay in bed
I know so well that I must shake these feelings
But each day just brings so much more new strife
My inspiration lies within my loving family
I give them praise, my children and my wife
Without them there I’d forever be so vacant
As dreams and goals would never take a shape
So, actions now are ones I must just warrant
And from depression I must then escape
My family keeps me going as best I could
For them I’ll reach the goals just as I should
Copyright © Michael Degenhardt | Year Posted 2008
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