Tag: depression
To the old spy
The secrets in your headRemain there foreverArchivedSome agedObsoleteUselessLike youYet you remain trueTo the covenantNever to reveal themNever to open the vault doorAnd let the sun shine inYou are the caretaker of secretsAnd sometimes youEnter the vault of your yesterdaysTo consider what you have seenTo ponder and analyzeAnd wonder if what…
Should we be concerned?
You read my wordsAnd you are disturbed,Because I share my pain,My darkness,My emptiness,And I wonder,Sometimes aloud,If anyone hears me.But I know now that you do,It is reflected in your fear,In your concern,But do not be afraid,I will not hurt myself.I do not wishFor an easy escape from my pain,My anguish,My…
You may see me here
You may see me hereBut I am a ghostI am not deadBut I am lost to myselfI have lost my selfAnd if I am lost to my selfWho will you miss when I am goneMy world is darkUnbalancedAll Yin and no YangNo flow to smooth the edgesThe clothes in need…
Given the world we face
There were voices onceThat told me storiesAnd took me through time and spaceBut now they are silentAnd all I can doIs to wanderAnd squander the time I have leftRegretting not letting the voicesCarry me away while I had them. There was a time onceWhen the course of lifeWas infinite and…
The best that God could do?
The reason I believe in extraterrestrial life (in some form) is that I find it too depressing to think that out of all the trillions of planets in all the universes that are, we were the best that God could do. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.
