The tale of a grey existence

The light that the sky embraces,

Was the light that once filled my soul.

I don't understand how or where I lost my way,

Where darkness took control.



I was taken a prisoner,

Trapped in a world of pain.

I was left to die alone and forgotten,

Left at the mercy of the sun and rain.



My mind being eaten,

My sprit became dark and grey.

All hope faded further into the distance,

Who I was, had departed away.



Then one day someone came,

To free me from this hell.

They were wise and took pity on me,

And broke the locks great spell.



My aurora cleared to be brighter,

The mists of death grew more weak.

My mind returned to what it was,

My soul gradually became less bleak.



I was free from my claustrophobic prison,

I felt the comforting warmth of the sun shine.

I breathed the air of freedom and hope,

Like it was once again the first time.


Author's Notes/Comments: 

Funny thing about this poem, I wrote it a year before events that the script matched occured in my life. I guess it was like an early warning message that I miss-took for fiction.
But just like the poem, I was saved.

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Ruth Lovejoy's picture

to me this is about an elder who suffered in later years and upon her passing saw the great light and relief from all her misery and once again felt a youthful existence,that's my take on it

Jayne's picture

I love the way this was written, "claustrophobic prison", that gave me some slight chills (I'm claustrophobic)