Begins

When the lost opens your eyes

When surrender wipes out lies

When you accept the dark skies

Life begins

 

When dreams fail to wake

When life feels too fake

When all is at stake

Life begins

 

When the road is a fog

When your thoughts are a bog

When a fight is a slog

Life begins

 

When pain breaks your heart

When friendships depart

When you wake with a start

Life begins

 

Like shadows in a cave

With howls and rave

With nothing to save

Life begins

 

When nightmares are done

When the end has begun

With nowhere to run

Life begins

 

When hopes are all dead

When nothing is said

When your grave is a bed

Life begins

 

When clouds block the sky

When joy makes you cry

When nothing says why

Life begins

 

When hope brings you fear

When all is too dear

When the grave is too near

Life begins

 

When nightmares are true

When the end has found you

When nothing is new

Life begins

 

(c) 2024 Guglielmo Earthbound

 

Again I thank you for your kind visits and humbling and encouraging words, dear friends. In my mind I answer you, but the words don't leave my head. I am reminded of when I was age 18 through 20 when I wanted to escape my prison of shyness and forced myself to visit dark punk nightclubs, and for most of two years I sat against the wall watching people dance, sometimes stepping on the floor myself and shutting my eyes and dancing alone. Gradually I learned to talk to people, but that prison never really left me. Again, thank you so much for your kindness.

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