Abyss

All of life is a dream
Dreams within dreams feign reality
Loneliness is reality
Hurting is reality
All else is dreams within dreams within dreams
All else is a fleeting flash of light
In a fathomless dark chasm

I serve a sentence without end
For a crime without reason
I follow the night in chains
Wherever it may lead
Treading through pools of blood
Raging rivers of tears to forefend

I am led further and further away
From the beguiling hope of love,
From the sustaining flashes of light
As I turn back, all is black
And though my eyes can still see,
I am as blind as can be
Never, ever to return

Submitted By: David Nickerson

Oreneile (He gave us)

A name so meaningful
A curse so painful
A blessing “Never” I think to myself
My life so miserable like a wet cloth feeling useless
A disappointment I become when good dees I do
Oreneile a useless life
Oreneile a curse in our eyes
Divorce and division came along
A newly born came by
Piece of tramp I’ve become to the perpetrators
Men with insecurities say it’s all my fault
Tears so wet blood so thick I can bearly walk
Feeling so tortured and emotions so torn
I cry but no sound they can hear
I seek for help!but no one sees to care
Pills and portions are my solution
But Drips and niddles seem to get in the way
How dark and deep myself is
No one seems to understand
Blames and flames are thrown unto me
Blooms and Blues never enlighten my soul
How long shall this last?
A question no person can solutionate
But TRUST I PUT UNTO GOD
I AM ORENEILE(He Gave Us)
THE CURSE YET A BLESSING IN GOD’S EYES

Submitted By: Portia Mosala