03 April 2011

Aching

The days are long
Nights, cruel
Thoughts are harsh
Memories, worse

Faces blend together
Names, disappearing
Pictures mean nothing
Words, even less

The horror piles up
Stories, overwhelming
Blood soaks through
Sweat, pouring

Harder you push
Faster, farther
Slower you go
Weakened, now

Time crawls on
Knees, aching
Muscles crying
Loud, painful

But still waiting
Forever, never
Holding back
Tears, agony

Pulling yourself
Open, exposed
Flesh tearing
Raw, unnerved

Waiting for the end
Somehow, grasping
A ledge of hope
Hanging, gasping

Is this enough now
Here, holding
The future uncertain
Shaky, rocky

Reach out
Above, light
Hands stretched
Heavenward, praying

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