This Too Shall Pass

Gnashing of teeth and quenched hope Cold hands of despair and a bleak future Clutching desperately to the shreds of tranquility And the rays of sunlight eclipsed forever This too shall pass The land pregnant with barreness And forlorn caressing your soul Wisps of the delights of a Time long gone Tormenting you with every ragged breath This too shall pass The world around seems to crumble With apocalyptic likeness and the frailty of an ancient structure The wind moaning, echoing your grief The tendrils of the new flower shrivelled up like leaf in the harmattan This too shall pass Gongs of doom clang incessantly And you long for the sweet release of death The fortitude has long withered An imprint of your soul is all that remains This too shall pass And now the eclipse is over And fresh rays of tomorrow warm our frigid hearts Your crack of smile is like music to my heart Because I told you: This too shall pass.