EPITAPH OF MY SOUL

EPITAPH OF MY SOUL!

IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME ANYMORE, 

WORK, FRIENDS,  AND THE LIKE;

WHEN THE EVENING IS DONE, AND THE LIGHTS ARE OUT,

I GO HOME EMPTY EACH NIGHT. 

SPENT YEARS HELPING OTHERS, MY LIFE'S CALL I THOUGHT,

DOING THE RIGHT THING A LOT; 

BUT IN ALL MY DOING,  AND ALL MY GIVING, 

IT WAS AN EMPTY HEART THAT I GOT!

BARRENNESS CHIDES, DEEP WITHIN MY SOUL,

NO MATTER THE SMILE ON MY FACE;

THE WINDS OF LONLINESS, MAKE COLD MY BEING,

MY HOUSE IS BUT AN EMPTY SPACE.

THIS DEATH I FEEL, IT IS MY LOT,

TO CARRY FOR TIME AND AGAIN;

THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT IT, I POSSESS NOT, 

BUT STAND AND BURN IN ITS' FLAME.

RESCUE ME, RESCUE ME, BEFORE ITS' TOO LATE

REDEEM ME AND SET ME FREE;

DELIVER MY SOUL, FROM THIS HELLISH FATE,

AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE!

NO CRYING, OR TEARS ON MY PILLOW AT NIGHT,

NO MORE GRAY, NO MORE DREARY DAYS;

NO HEAD HUNG DOWN, NO SHAME, NO FROWN, 

BUT A WOMANS' HAPPY HEART DISPLAYED.

REFLECTING BRIGHT AND SHINING AFAR,

THE COLORS OF LOVE IN HER SOUL;

MAKING WHAT WAS A DULL SENSELESS LIFE,

EXUDING LIKE A BRIGHT POT OF GOLD.

MIRRORING THE IMAGE OF A WONDERFUL DAY,

A VISION UNFOLDING I SEE;

ONE THAT'S NOT CLEAR, OR PERFECT, YET TRUE,

IT IS AN EPITAPH OF ME!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++