How do you get rid of shadows that lurk?
Darkness is gone, yet you struggle in the murk
Blinking, you try and attune to daylight,
but are unable to bear even the brilliance bright
Thoughts that were banished to recesses in the mind
resurface to haunt of memories unkind
Of unresolved conflicts, of unforgiven deeds,
of unforgotten woes and unfulfilled needs
And you wonder how many devils you are to fight
before you're at peace and all seems right
You set out in search of a divine force
to purge the mayhem, to show you your course
You grope in the hope of a healing hand,
that will sweep you off to a faraway land
Finally, unheard you turn inwards and pause,
seeking an answer, a reason, a cause
Strangely, the turmoil begins to ease
the voices in your head now seem to cease
drawing from a source lying deep within
you calm the storm, the raging din
When slowly you realize how this came to be
what was there all along, only now you can see..
The strength to liberate resides in your core
you must delve in, to summon it to the fore
to free yourself from your gloomiest fears,
to give you courage to confront your tears
The war is won, the demons are slain,
but you fear for tomorrow, dreading more pain
Then it dawns on you, once more you smile
and you're ready to take on another mile..