Deeper than Dark
Darker than Hurt
Sometimes my heart misses a beat
and on comes the pit
I fall all the way
to within my soul
I fall all the way
to that black hole. And the pain in my heart
'comes the pain in my chest
and I cry if I need to
and I cry 'cause I must.
For in those times I feel...
too much
too bad
too full
and I feel,
broken.
Broken on the wheel,
dead in the pit,
rotting in the sun,
the stench of death
is mine isn't it?
The old damn clock
is once again unsprung.
For though I can point
to any degree
to reasons,
excuses,
causes
you see,
the thing is not that
the thing is not this
but part of my meaning
my being
of me...
...do you see?
My eccentric orbit follows dark star
coming close to destruction (maybe)
then coasting away
t'ward far arc
to slow
'til I come,
once again
around
to swing oh so close,
to this dark star's place.
And it's happened before
and it's happening now
and I know
it'll happen again.
For I see all the starkness
in vivid detail
all clarity wasted
and
for this there's no fail.
And this bit of doggerel
is meant but to help
put into perspective
all hurt and pain
all things
that
still
suffer
my
brain.
How's rhyming achieve this?
Maybe, perhaps not.
How can I stand it
All oppressive discord
in my thinking and doing
and being
and feeling
and hurting
again.
And still am I waiting for what,
do I ask?
For what do I know?
So I'll stop writing
and 'stead
just go.
No.
No. I can't.
No matter what all the pain
or the tension of hurt
that I feel in this brain.
Tried that before.
Know it won't do.
So it's back to the pills that keep me just sane.
Back on those pills I just shouldn't need (but do).
And in this time and at this point
perhaps all that matters
if I'm right
is to wait.
For this will pass.
For it will go.
All these this -- I know.
It's been here before
and will come again.
This black gravity,
arc of non-kindness
oppressive stink
and self destructive thought
at depression's end.