I FOUGHT THE BATTLE

I FOUGHT THE BATTLE

Anger flows through me like a stream

Rushing water constantly refreshing my mind

I can’t breathe. I’m caught up by the vastly

Flowing currents beneath me

As I’m sinking further and further,

I think. I can’t save myself.

Deeper and deeper into the crystal blue I fall,

I can barely see the sun and the darkness engulfs me,

But I’m wrapped in its comforting arms

Like a mother holding her baby close to her

Always careful and always mindful of its fragile state

The sunray’s are all but gone

But I’m drifting away into the deepest

And darkest place, where hands reach out to me

But none can save me

I know now I must fall

I must slowly drift away

Into the darkness and into the depths of my soul

Where I am lost

I’m caught in the undercurrents

As the water rushes over my body

The harder I fight the more the darkness

Consumes my spirit, robing me of my joy

While I’m falling further away from safe shores there’s calm

A tranquility that takes hold of me

I think to myself: I lost the battle, l waged

I lost the war, I fought

I lost self, then died

Inside, I died!

Written by Philessa Jenkins

Aka Lady PJ

August 30, 2005

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