I remember
Those days
So long ago
Years of blackness
Distorting time
Disrupting my emotions

A sadness
So deep
It pervaded my soul
Black with regret
It rotted my eternity
In a wall of self-pity

I was a vagabond
Hiding from myself

The light of day
Gone dark
Clouded my head
Like shadows
In the night
Black with anger
Striking cruelly
My inner soul

I lived in darkness
Days of solitude
Nights of regrets

Friends
Non existent
I lived
In a constant barrage of loneliness

I hid from the world
Seeking isolation
Fearing people
Forever afraid
Of saying hello

But the years passed
And the sunlight moved in
Slowly at first

Creeping steadfastly
The twilight disappeared

Time began to crawl
Away from the sunset
Away from regret
Away from my inner soul

It began with a smile
Of babies
Giggling contentment
Wooing me with love
Kissing softly
The tenderness
Of my heart

They were the innocent
Unspoiled by humanity
They brought tenderness
And thoughts of optimism

My head fills with hope
Of a better tomorrow
Of salvation
Where peace
And tranquility
Reign with a smile

A just reward
For a lifetime of kindness

Well lived
In a heavenly sacrament
To the Lord above