Dark Disappointment

I try, I try!

Without a cry

My knees tremble,

yet I tread.

My hands bruise,

yet I do.

My breath stops,

yet I race.

My jar of tolerance,

runs dangerously low.

Each pellet,

a bullet shot at my brain.

The tranquilizers have lost their way,

in some dreary desert of woe,

where all that is found is lost, slow.

A knot of thread around my heart,

threatens to strangle the soul.

Conscience is a traitor in this world,

where all that is earned is sold.

A blink of an eye,

will shut the commotion,

but only for a second or two.

The effort is too great a burden,

Again and again, I try

to escape the cage of intricate threads,

only to fall on my face again,

with a deafening thud,

of dark disappointment.

I entreat you….

Stop your whining!

Stop your chiding!

Hear the river flow awhile,

playing the the song of the peaceful divine.

Hearken the sounds of the flowers dancing,

the eddying bays singing and laughing.

The day is mellow,

the heart, bright.

Hearken the songs of the birds beckoning,

their dulcet melodies

shall melt in your heart.

Stop the noises!

Close your eyes.

Can you hear the odes of the rose?

Their bittersweet promises,

will stir thy heart.

The secrets behind their rouged lips,

entrance you behind crimson curtains.

Stop the shouting!

Stop the gossip!

I entreat you, look around awhile,

hold your breath.

Let the fickle wind carry your soul,

over to an unknown world.

Let the warm sunshine wash over your heart!

Let the beauty of life shine apart!

Allow your eyes to flicker and pause,

look at the wondrous world around!