Pathways of LifeA Poem by Carolann DowsettLove
lies trapped in a heart broken flooded
with tears awash
with sorrow I
surrender into a void of loneliness
Lost I
wander through dark corridors of
the deepest night aimlessly
searching for the light
Unknown
faces stare at me as
I move through the darkness I
am ethereal and eternal loved
and despised
A
mystery a
moment in time floating
soundlessly through a life of
passion and pain longing
and desire
Always
dreaming always
searching I
reach out to the ones who watch me pleading
to be held to
be lifted up in the arms of love but
they push me away I
am but a play thing in their hands a
fantasy to their minds
Carelessly
they mock me tease
me with their cruel hearts and
empty promises
I
want to run to
hide but
the pathway of darkness is never ending the
faces who lustfully devour me with their eyes too
numerous to count
Emptiness
fills me engulfs
me until
I am but a hollow shell I
fall to my knees and cry out for release but
even the heavens have closed their ears to me
Defeated I
lay down on the cold dark pathway of life that
I have been placed upon I
close my eyes surrender
to the night
Yet
still I can feel them watching me wanting
to use me and
then discard me just as a child discards
an out grown toy
I
know I should fight keep
moving try
to get away from this unearthly place of
sorrow and pain but
I have no more fight in me
I
am lost once
again I cry out to the heavens but
my cry escapes me as the softest whisper barely
more than a mournful sigh flows from lips that
silently yearn for a lover’s kiss
I
feel the darkness trying to take me as its own cold
hands cruelly seize me try
to pull me into the night’s embrace close
me off to the light forever
But
then deep within me God calls out my name He
speaks gentle words of love into my soul He
fills me with His light and
before me the darkness is suddenly destroyed
I
open my eyes and see that I am now laying in a beautiful meadow surrounded
by wild flowers that are glorious to look upon Overwhelmed
with joy with
inexplicable gladness I
see a new pathway appear before me a
pathway of light
I
know that it is this road that I must now follow that
even though I walk alone God’s Spirit now walks beside me guiding
me and loving me as man never can
I
look into the distance try
to see the end of the pathway but
it is impossible to see it
continues on for a lifetime then
into the eternity that
exists beyond the grave
Slowly
I begin to walk along
the pathway of light and life eagerly
awaiting each twist and turn that
I may come upon on my journey
No
longer afraid I
walk through a life filled
with beauty and promise knowing
that one day one
will come to walk beside me one
who will fill my heart and touch my soul with
a true, everlasting love
But
until that day I will continue to walk alone lonely
yet at peace fearless
and full of faith patently
awaiting love's sweet caress to light my soul and reignite the flame of love that for now lies silent within me © 2013 Carolann DowsettFeatured Review
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17 Reviews Added on January 14, 2013 Last Updated on January 14, 2013 AuthorCarolann DowsettCopacabana, NSW, AustraliaAboutI am Vulnerable Broken Strong and Fearless I am all things to all people Yet I belong to none I am Elusive Unknown A whisper of things to come I am a Warrior In an endless war Victori.. more..Writing
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