No Light

As I stand amidst this fire, burning alive

from this guilt and this shame

and yet I have done nothing

but slowly feed myself to the flames.

It feels too late to try and find beauty in this flesh of mine

I have no faith in dreams, belief in anything.

As the hours and the days go by,

I reach out for a hope that never comes.

Now the Love that once was shared has been washed up on

the shorelines of torn sons and daughters.

This is a natural disaster.

Gasping for every breath of air,

it has all become so clear to me.

This pain is real, this fear is all too real.