James Moore Poet Narrative

To The Depths

I have been to the depths of despair
With physical pain
Emotional sorrow
And something more elusive
A sense of standing at the edge
With nothing behind or beyond.

I don’t assume this is anything special
In fact I assume it is a given 
For all of us
Who have lived at least 
To a certain age.

What I have learned
Which may be of some solace
To those in these depths now
Or there someday soon 
Is that we can endure more pain 
Than we ever could imagine
And that when our life ends
As it eventually does
That pain is gone
As if it never existed.

(8/23/25)

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