Dark tide

Deep inside this heart is a weary ache

And the feeling of threads breaking

That used to tie me to hope

As the exhaustion in my soul

Seeps in like a dark tide

Holding those past memories

Behind a wall of blackness

That breaks

Heavy with my tears

At times like these

I surrender to it though

There is no point in fighting

Life or feeling any more

And even if I feel hollowed out to the core

By all the recent events

Better by far to stop struggling

And surrender to what needs to come

Or bring me undone

Dark memories may visit me

But the past is past

What power does it have

Beyond what I allow?

This much I know

There are so many things I long for

That may never come to pass

And the only peace that comes

Is found through acceptance

Because resistance

Only makes the situation worse

And faulty thinking then kills new life

When the dark tide tries to convince me

That I am cursed

Doomed to a life where nothing good

Can come to pass

Or ever ever truly last