Weary

Weary of mind, weary of body, weary of soul.
I am left with unanswerable questions.
You wandered off to paths that none should tread.
Searching for treasures
Finding nothing
Losing all.
Forsaking the sunlit paths, you chose the darkness.
Gazing into that darkness, I grow numb.
I send you hope to find the light once more. 

The Calm

The storm has passed. The sky is quieted. The howling wind has blown away. The crack of thunder has dulled to a slow sonorous rumble. The hailstones lay upon the ground. Their presence slowly melting away from memory. Only the soft patter of raindrops falling from the leaves remain to give credence to the fury [...]

I Sat

I sat with the gun in my hand peering vacantly into the dark.
Thinking of all the reasons to be gone.
I sat with the gun in my hand peering vacantly into the dark.
Thinking of all the reasons to stay.
I sat with the gun in my hand and the dawn painted light upon the horizon.
I put the [...]