better day

I wrote this poem during a very difficult period in my life.

Struggle faces me
Pain surrounds me
Ash of burnt heart
Blood of broken flesh
This is me in light
In light that hides my face
In light that desolves my love
Emotion and motion
moving me from top to bottom
Stories and lies told dust
Like a doormat put outside to stamped on and spat on
Life thrown to the dogs worthless and hopeless
Tears that once ran wild like the nile
Now dry like the Kalahari

As to say God has forsaken his own
As to say they devil is a victor
I stop and wonder
I stop and utter these words
Struggle and pain
Might be for today
Tomorrow will be a better day
Hope not lost
Faith substance not seen
Maybe my prayer did not fall on empty grounds
Maybe the was a hand catching my tears
Maybe the devil just lost what ever it is
Struggle and pain last just for the day
tomorrow will be another day.

Reviews

[Rene Velez]

nice write, it always seems like the bad overtakes the good, it's the law of the land in these dark days but the light will shine again