Reclamation

Where upon this floor I lie,

Beckon unto You with soul dost cry..

My head cannot take the weight of this pain,

But Lord, I know, this is for your gain!

I look outside, and wish I were..

Gone with the wind unto the earth.

Scaling the depths of Your glory,

Upon the eagle's back I ride..

And down into the shadows of the tree I hide.

You meet me here and sit awhile,

I talk to You if presence be so..

My Comforter, Oh friend of sorrows,

Stronghold, My Deliverer!

You wipe my tears that flow as rivers of torrent,

Though confusion grip my soul,

There will never be a hole..

You always fill, you mend my wreckage,

And gird me with the armor of shine,

Unto Thee, be glory divine!

Stolen by the Sea

I am caught beneath the waves of the Adriatic Sea..

Woven into the muse of life underground,

Dancing mindlessly with creatures my eyes have yet to glimpse..

I slowly morphed into a mermaid-like creature,

Visible humanity left upon the shore.

Fear of life underground left me,

And I became apart of this culture of mystery,

Eclectic, graceful, beauty unknown.

A state of awe consumed my being,

As colors of foreign identity blazed before my lids.

The luminescence of my soul, joy abounding!

A Lost Companion

So many years we have spent together,

Crossing fences through stormy weather..

You have guided me when I was lost,

You are with me here as I lay.

When all alone, I always enjoy your company..

Making sense and issuing connections,

Sharing your creativity, reminder of internal calendar..

Ideas of brilliance, an endless wonder..

Heart and soul so intwined with others.

A pleasant greeting from dawn to dusk,

Reminds me of cherished minutes..

Times when every breath, every sigh,

Any action of the day, preserved in delicate beauty.

A mother's wisdom perhaps easing emptiness..

A void which has sucked me dry, a desert within my cavity..

Naked with destitution..the fear of oneself.

The absence of you, the thrill of your gifts,

The joy enflaming every extremity and vein.

Oh, where have you escaped?

I am imprisoned and need you!

Originator of innovation..luminosity unfolding..

Unimaginable radiance invading death's hold,

An umbrella from the rain,

A shelter from the storm.

I found this in an old journal..a poem I wrote in 2001, two years after being diagnosed with Bipolar..I was in a depressive episode, feeling as if I had lost my brain..the brain is the lost companion..hope this helped someone, or at least opened eyes and hearts..perhaps educational :)

Resurgence

Resplendence out of ashes,

Darkness never without the light,

I am falling beneath the floor..

The madness seizes my b0nes..

Cold, I shiver, night ensues.

I envision my Savior holding me..

Upon His back I will find rest,

His whisper of reverence softens..

With my spirit rising to greater heights,

Dark night of the soul quenched..

Savor this breath I will,

And fear not the next.