Invisible Linings
Some minutes consume me like venom darting up your leg
Straight to the heart
No restraint
Like ice melting on a summer day,
the silence of a forest on a frosty day-
Relentless,
Cold,
bittersweet,
The sun rays provide no warmth
Just hope.
Some seconds I fall into the depths of my own sorrow
Forgetting what was, what is to become
And I retreat-
I fall down the sinkhole,
Trapped deep within the dirt
But I’m alright here.
I have found comfort in the treacherous cold,
The pain I feel in my heart-
Almost empty
A kind of frostbite chilling to your bone
A hollow void you’re stuck in like a continuous loop
And yet we must keep moving-
Can’t get stuck in the past
Even though there’s more comfort there than anywhere-
We must survive.
There’s a constant battle of remembering and living-
Living in the past, present, and future
Neglecting anything that doesn’t serve your life
because we aren’t promised another day
We aren’t even promised a year
Let alone a decade,
And as we swallow the doubt that love will ever consume you again-
A hug you look for in every person-
We must look within for guidance
Look inside to see the light-
There will never be light outside-
In the cold dark unforgiving world,
Now in survival mode, we must have faith-
Believe in the invisible linings
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