floating in a sea of uncertainty
among islands of pain and misery
so I continue to paddle
as the force that moves the world
stays just out of sight
over the curl lies the undiscovered
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so here I fall to my knees
my own raging screams fill my mind
no one knows who I am
the truth behind this forgotten man
without the strength
alone and wasted too tired to stand
 ≈♦≈
a vision appears from the dark
light and clear carried on silken wings
one step too far I am
so the thoughts that hound my sleep
through the dreariness
reaches a hope and something more
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travels that led me here
a place of nothing and desolation
trapped and lost I am
by choices and actions of my own
the road I’ve walked
paved with depravity and twisted intentions
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suddenly in the midst
of all the black and cold merciless fear
there is something more
someone whose hands hold my future
behind a forced smile
my heart begins to beat again
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the blood that dripped
crimson life was drained silently away
breathing in raged gasps
from ashes I rise to hesitatingly stand
crying out life, life, life
to just believe despite my unbelief
 ~Mark Schutter ©2014
