Black and Blue

Black and Blue  4/27/2012

Struck down through the heart

And bleeding on the floor

Another day older

And none the wiser.

I have watched the damage unfold

And seen it roll over my life

Crashing down all I built

And wrecking all my dreams.

Taking away my treasure

And stripping me of safety
Leaving me feeling hopeless
And so very alone.

But to know the feeling

Is to understand
That without loss
There could never be victory.

To fully feel the loss
And finally understand
That without tears
There would be no soul searching
And without heartbreak
There could be no renewal.

Sometimes we deserve what we get

And sometimes we don’t
But nothing is harder than unjust suffering
The kind that crushes you down.

The kind of unrelenting pressure

That haunts your every move
As you try and pick up the pieces
And start all over.

Some people give up

And drown in despair
Swallowed up by depression
In a black hole of death.

And others lash out

In blind hatred
Abusing everyone around them
In useless fits of rage.

But the good must press on

Even though its painful
Getting up and moving
One foot in front of the other.

Because life doesn’t stop

Just because we suffer
And there will always be others
Who desperately need
What we have learned.

In the end

It’s not about us
And that is the hardest lesson of all
That only loving others
Can ever heal the spirit.

I have many more things to say

And I have many more loves to cherish
Filling in and filling up
Just where I needed it most.