Soul Chasm

Soul Chasm

Everyone has what no one wants

And once attained cannot be forgotten

It gnaws away at our existence

And hides below the surface

Waiting

We store it away

And bury it with a shovel

But it delights in this

And dances with the darkness

In a midnight nocturne

Rejoicing

Because we do not realize who it is

We welcome it into our home

The stranger lies to enter in

And hides in many masks

Deception

Time passes, and it laughs

We trick ourselves into thinking it left

But we realize how wrong we actually were

When our complacency sends us spiraling

Despairing

Once apparent

It reveals who we really are

Others will see it

And some will take the one way street

To exit stage right

Hoping

There are many roads

The roads are worn and beaten

And they are easy to travel

When we think we are alone

is when we see the many footprints in the dirt

Wondering

The day has come for us to face it
testing the might of our soul
Some fail, but others succeed
And we when it is defeated

We make it as part of us

Rather than a mercurial counterpart

Liberation

Originally Written 12/4/13