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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