The Light Must Be On
After all the years it’s still with me,
That fear that clutches in the night
The vulnerable spots of my Soul –
And there must be constant Light.
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There even into the morning’s sunrise
The room which is my only world
A table light must continue its glow
To feed ravenous thoughts unfurled.
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Whence came this awful curse of mind?
What mockery didst I make of Life
To cause thought demons to visit me thus?
To bring such monsters of strife?
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Was it a childhood devoid of care and love?
A child’s witness to life’s vulgar showing?
The vagaries of unbridled behavior?
The bleak, lonely child’s unknowing?
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Didst come with nature’s random imprint?
This ugly mistake with no remedy?
Whatever its symptoms my life goes on
And I fear that I still wish to be!
@Billy Ray Chitwood – April 15, 2018
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