Café Writing Prompt for April '08.
Pick at least three of these words.
brag, course, decline, eternal, possession, rough, temperate, wander
I chose eternal, possession, and wander.
Wandering aimlessly
Lost on the path
Of this thing called life
One that is filled with
Suffering and strife.
Eternally searching,
Seeking something
To fill this hole,
Something to fill the emptiness
Consuming my weary soul.
Possessions, addictions
Obsessions galore
I’ve tried it all
And then I’ve tried some more.
Nothing does the trick
There must be some secret
That I can’t see
Something I can’t quite grasp
That will someday set me free.
Won’t somebody tell me
Can’t somebody let me know
How to find some peace
A healing balm for my
Shattered and broken soul?
Possessions, addictions
Obsessions galore
I’ve tried it all
And then I’ve tried some more.
I need a magickal elixir,
A potion or a charm,
Something to drink or swallow
That will fill me to the brim,
So I won’t feel so empty and hollow.
Unfortunately there is
No such cure, no magick wand
To wave my troubles away,
To make me whole and complete,
To help me make it through the day.
I have not the strength to persevere,
Can’t go on much longer, my soul is
Battered and beaten by life’s harsh hand,
I can’t go on, falling to the ground
I’ve been beaten down, I can no longer stand.
Possessions, addictions
Obsessions galore
I’ve tried it all
And then I’ve tried some more.
Is there nothing left for me?
No way out of this hell?
Is there a road map or a compass,
By which to guide my steps?
Won’t somebody please tell
Me how to find my way
In this world so dark and cold
Teach me how to live, before
It is too late, before
I’ve grown too old?
Death is coming upon me
As it does to everyone,
Cannot stave off decay,
Each and every cell degrading,
Slowly perishing with each passing day.
Possessions, addictions
Obsessions galore
I’ve tried it all
And then I’ve tried some more.
Afraid to live, afraid to die
Leaves me in quite a conundrum
One I can not deny.
Won’t someone teach me to live,
Before this life passes me by?
'Set Me Free' Copyright Patricia Schoenberger 2008, all rights reserved worldwide.
2 comments:
this resonates with me,, as i too have tried everything to get that fix.. that one thing that takes all the pain,, and turns instantly into joy.. and none of it has ever worked... which leaves me wondering not only if i will ever truly be happy... but also if i am by chance not already happy and just not bright enough to realize it.....
This was really deep and yes like paisley says touches on that raw nerve of how to find peace as we are constantly withering and finding a lack of true satisfaction and happiness - I've been reading Eckart Tolle's a New Earth and I'm being truly affected by trying to be more present in the momenta and therefore happier.
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