Thursday, December 29, 2011

for a little while, i was missing


my voice has been quiet,

in a struggle with darkness.

It was only the darkness of this world,

but it surrounded me

and sought to bring me down.

my thoughts became dark and i sought to run and hide.

yet i was fleeing those who could help
and did not know it.

It was as if in a dark valley,

and then the psalmist comforts me;

"yea. though i walk through the valley..."

no, it was not death,

tho it felt so.

it was not of loss,

but it felt so.

it was only of this world and its norm.

I escaped its cold grasp
as always
through the help of others

i still live

and breath

and sing,

and write yet again.

as always
and another lesson is learned.

5 comments:

erin said...

no, it was not death,


tho it felt so.


it was not of loss,


but it felt so.


it was only of this world and its norm.

!

yes!

this life is not an easy one. the path between joy and darkness is a bridge and the bridge exists under our feet as one step only, every moment.

i am glad you are back.))

xo
erin

Gail said...

JOEY it is when it is the darkest that we can see the stars most clearly

Love Gail
peace.....

Lou said...

It's good to ask for help..took me a long time to learn that. And I found people want to help!

Granny Annie said...

Happy you found such good direction.

betchai said...

"i still live

and breath

and sing,

and write yet again.

as always
and another lesson is learned."
- happy for you Joey, though our walk with life is not always a happy one since we meet many challenges along the way, but there is always a good reason to live, to breath, to sing, and write. Happy New Year!!