Overcast

Overcast

The sky spreads a thick blanket of clouds

As within my soul thoughts of gloom

Weigh me down

With magnet fastnings

I feel my heart

Squeezed so very tight

With memories of disconnection

I know right now my mind is dark

I am finding it harder

To trust these promises of love

The only option that seemed to offer a new life

I hung my future on

Was this my greatest mistake

Hoping for salvation in your arms

A resting place to find at least

One moment of respite from the ghosts who so often

Shadow my soul

And all around me the soil turns to dust

From lack of rain

I plant new flowers

But it is all in vain

As searing heat defeats each bloom

In the mere space of a single afternoon

And love seems to be disappearing with the rain

Do we hope in vain for change

That the powers that be

Will finally take things seriously

And do something?

Did we forget that money is not all that matters

Did we turn a blind eye and ransom our future

As we severed ourselves from nature?

Overhead dark clouds they gather

These thoughts of doom so sadly fester

As weight of magnets holds me down

There is inside my heart

No respite

From the eclipsing vision

Of this darkest night

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