Exceptional Contest entry A Journey...Darkness to Light by pierre poote' All Styles Open Poetry Competition contest entry Artwork by VMarguarite at FanArtReview.com

the loss the denial   Death of my child I cannot cope Tumbling in a twirling world Vivid reality stalks me… Waves of grief Lave on desolate shores… My mind hibernates Far away Seeking precious oblivion  the illusion of escape I must get away   Dust billowing from beneath my boots Sun mirrored in Costa blues Salty sweat steaming down my back Peregrinating jumbled jungle trails Ascending to steep summit caves   I turn to face a fervid glow of Dead dreams burning far below Whence teary years suffocated A life which erstwhile held my smile   Anguish subsides as I climb so high In a chemically induced altered mind  the inevitable fall I cannot get away   Delirious deadly drug and drink Buckle my knees… I begin to sink   Elysian colors of my rainbow days Fade away with the sunshine rays Mottled mountains obscure the rain Sweeping across the meadow plain Darkness spills across the land Light obscured in blowing sand Shadows permeate addled thoughts Stomach churning wrapped in knots   Awakening to a horrid fate Tear drops draining in full spate Dreaded consciousness I must bear Bleary eyes frozen…… distant stare the mental breakdown the collapse   Blood shot watery lacrimation Ponder the mental devastation Dying doomed hopes are clear Cascading pain spewing fear Volcanic eruptions in my brain Searing, scorching psychic pain   Leaving scars never to heal Emotional reality raining Havoc on collapsing stability           the devastation the despair Smoldering soul silently screaming Suffering spiritual strangulation   Temples throbbing Labored breathing Wretched weeping Cannot talk Cannot walk Cannot eat Cannot sleep   In a twisting tunneled wet dark cave Resigned to stay in this cold grave Curled hopeless on a barren stone I choose to die here all alone   Paralyzed in perdition   The Way In a final forlorn attempt at life I pray to God to give me faith…. “Take me in Your arms forthwith Grant me Your healing peace”   In my desolate despair I hear God gently speaking in my ear   “Don’t give up, don’t go away I still have plans for you today Many are lost in bleak decay Who do not know I am The Way You are where you’re supposed to be Spread The Word and reside in Me…   I AM”   And now   Time has passed and I have grown Sheltered under His wing I thrive Renewed and Spirit filled With a purpose beyond this world I emerge from a deep dark cave Into The Light of a brand new Way   Recognized

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