BURIED ALIVE

Poem of despair

All around me there is a land

Of suffering

Where people cry out in fear and despair

Where tears fall like rain on the cold dark earth

And hope, hope is nowhere

 

All around me there are raging fires

As the cold winds blow

And hearts are soaked in rivers of grief

The soul is as bare as a forgotten world

Where

Suffering is a wheel that

Spins eternally

And happiness is

Oh, so rare

 

The lake of fire burns forever

Is it only through dying that we can find peace

Is it only in death that we can find hope

Is it only in dying that we can live forever

Is it only in blood that we can find life

 

Must our souls be crushed into

the dry dry dust

before we are resurrected and renewed

must we live only to die

of a broken spirit

on this path of life

yearning for peace, hoping to live

only to be buried alive

forever………