Seeking the Light

Leonard says the cracks exist so the light can get in;

where my stillborn potential distends towards entropy.

But radiance has no release, though it wash away my sin:

my enchantment with ennui, disguised as empathy,

makes unequivocal the devotion that determines my hollow,

empty days. Bedlam enthroned amid humid, fetid thought,

although I have chosen a fervent spiritual path to follow;

random fury was squandered in battles never fought.

 

Armour and shields moulded from fear, hate and despair

cannot be discarded: on such as these my comfort depends.

Yet shall I cast off these chains and make right, tis only fair

to restore and rebuild; to recompense and make amends.

Perhaps, after all, my friend Leonard was right:

I am tired of being fearful; now shall I seek the Light.

Author's Note

Leonard = Leonard Cohen "Anthem"

Reviews

[Dreamer]

The idea of a crack, reminds me that things are never perfect in life. There will always be something that we wish we could remove I would say. Yet, sometimes these are the things that help us keep track of reality. Also, we do get tired carrying around 'armour and shields' because of fear. It kinda makes you want to say "to hell with it all' time to face the music and face what is there. Great piece

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

weird but for some reason the very first and last lines i loved haha :D really nice write i like how you wrote this, indeed a moving piece

[miSS LEaf]

the Light is in you

[Poetic Beauty]

This say so many things and it is like you are peeking inside on someone's private feelings and thoughts. Well crafted and thought out.