Looking in the wrong direction


			What pain resides in me - 
			Finding it's place within my soul -
			It's own worked-in niche to occupy.
			I need someone to talk to!
			Someone to explore my soul to 
			So that I may understand it better myself -
			To expel the demons that hold me in fear and pain.

			I look around for someone to talk to -
			And I see that everyone else is involved
			With too many demons of their own -
			Too many worrying thoughts 
			Flooding their own minds.

			Finally!  
			A conversation opens is opened up for me 
			To release my pains into!
			But no -
			As soon as I've finished my first thoughts,
			They begin to explain their worries
			And spend no time dissecting mine.

			I thought this was my time to work it out -
			Maybe not quite yet.
			But I need it now!
			The niche will only eat into itself if left alone -
			Either that or it will simply disappear for the moment -
			But if the latter is true of this one,
			Then it will be back later...
			Let me deal with it now - please!
			Anyone!

			I still cannot find any who are available -
			Any who are ready to listen...
			Who's going to listen to me?!

			Then it hits me -
			I've spent all this time
			Searching for friends to sort me out -
			Going to my peers -
			And great though they are,
			They do not live inside of me -
			I finally work out that I need to spend time
			With He who knows my soul
			Better than even I -
			He will be able to help me -
			And His patience is not lacking.

			Why didn't I think of this before?
			Maybe it is because the unseen is too often forgotten -
			Too often left out of everyday things.
			I don't know why though -
			For all things reside under the power of the Lord -
			And the things of each day
			Are no less than those which make up 
			Days of Splendour.


© R. A. W. S. Clarke

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