Independent Transcedence... Poem by Trevor Schulte

I stand with anguish burning in my soul.
So much brokenness burdening my heart.
The reason you may understand,
or be completely clueless to.
Its loneliness that makes my world
seem like a life not lived.
Yeah there's friends during times,
pumping you up in your prime,
but why is it that they tend to dissipate
when your foot's set on a hill to climb.
Oh how I despise those moments
when I walk a solitary path;
no stops, no refuge...just hurt.
At some point, friends go their own way
coming back only for brief periods.
It brings me to the brink of tears
to feel as if I had no one to live with, except myself.
No one to share instances of pure joy but my God.
True is He'll be there for you when your sails fall down,
pushing you with His love in the sea of solitude;
but He can't physically embrace us as our pictures fade.
No, no, no...it is during these moments
when we build our foundations to withstand the storms;
to persevere past problems
and settle in solitude with strength.
How regretful you may feel as you're beaten down
but why frown?
Can't you become something greater than what you perceive;
something that will make you light a candle in the dark
to brighten your own world.
If you can, if you have...you did it all
You have become wholly transcendent,
you have become fully independent!