• Here I am,
    cold and alone
    on a barren path,
    abandoned
    by all of those
    who once accompanied me.
    My eyes
    warm with tears,
    My body
    cold from the isolation.
    My arms
    holding onto me,
    telling me
    that it will only get
    colder and colder
    the further I go
    down the path.
    I sigh
    countless times
    as I pick up my feet
    and move them forward.
    And my eyes
    lose sight of any light
    that once guided them…

    Here I am,
    lost in the darkness
    that blinds my eyes
    from seeing the path
    I walk on.
    I am helpless and vulnerable
    as those in the darkness
    prepare to attack me
    with the troubles of the world.
    I am helpless
    as I feel the first wave
    of pain and sorrow.
    And I am helpless
    as my heart remains uncaring,
    the pain of abandonment
    still ringing throughout my being.
    I can only stand and endure
    all of the pain
    that echoes throughout my soul
    and all off the sorrow
    that causes my soul to become so frail…

    Here I am,
    beaten tattered after the first wave
    of troubles of the world.
    My body ached from holding
    onto my self so tightly.
    My eyes hurt so much
    from shedding so many tears
    unconsciously.
    Nothing seemed warm and gentle
    while those who dwelled in the darkness
    taunted me.
    My sighs were the only thing
    that resounded throughout my ears
    as I continued to walk down
    the path,
    alone and exhausted…

    Here I am,
    stopped on the path
    by a different view.
    A bright light
    that pushed away the darkness,
    allowing me to see where I was.
    I was so far away from the path
    I had once been walking on…
    I chased the light
    that now continued to escape
    from my hands.
    Even with my body full of fatigue,
    and my tattered soul,
    I chased after it,
    ignoring everything
    that those in the darkness did
    to stop me.
    I ran and ran,
    my tears flowing behind me
    my pain seeping away.
    And at long last,
    I was finally able to catch
    the light,
    allowing myself to melt into it…

    And now here I stand,
    basked in a light,
    filling me with a warmth
    that I was once deprived of.
    Here I stand,
    surrounded by those who I now
    care for deeply.
    Here I stand,
    my body purged of all
    of the pain it had felt.
    My eyes wiped away
    of the countless tears it had shed.
    Here I stand…
    happy,
    content with feeling
    the grace and glory of the light
    that led me to salvation.
    Here I am…
    alive.