Loneliness Deep

Twisted and torn,

Like a mangled unkempt garden.

In my mind,

I have moments tall,

Yet I get overshadowed

And the darkness creeps.

Love oh love...

Why do you forsake me?

Peace oh peace...

In all your splendour hold me?

For I am like a lost child;

Alone in the cold, scared in the dark...

Caught in the deep!

Am I forever to wither?

Am I forever to be torn?

For I hold hidden passions like a river.

Oh! How I long for the rain to pour!

In the depths of the dark...

How much sweeter the light!

I long for my heart to fill up,

And for my soul to ignite...

FOR ONLY LOVE can fill me this way!

Copyright Laurie Culley 2005.

Published in Nine Months To The Day.