Alone

So much hurt
So much pain
Like scrapping my knees
In the dirt
A soul feeling slain

By seeking an answer
To all of this
Life, God, humanity
Selflessness is like a cancer
Where is the bliss

Or is that peace
This soul of mine seeks
This coldness, exposed
Is there no release
These tears do leak

My only blanket is the stars
Ah! beautiful they seem
As I suddenly become one
Other's company can't be far
Does anyone share this dream

Ah, after many years
Searching, cries aloud
I think I'm being heard
As I traverse this sphere
My soul wandered in a cloud

I knocked at the door
The answer, a cute smile
A hand waving me away
Eyes dropping to the floor
I'm not happy already, nor hostile

This peace, like a deep sleep
This burden lifted
I have now forgiven
The flock of sheep
That use to push me away

No longer downtrodden
Their open, they cry too
I feel their arms
I see their hands, Zen!?
Reaching as mine once did

We are now together
Our souls have met
Across these wires
Here for one another
On the net

By GWH
4/12/01
 

by Gary Hodges