Written In The Dust Poem by Matthew Holloway

And there I were
Amid the darkest night
As a storm raged
I was beaten by winds
I was cut down by rain
Upon my hands, my knees
I begged, pleaded, asked
To be free of this
Sufferance and pain

There came a time, a moment
Of silence and nothingness
A place bereft of thought
No feeling felt or questioned
A numbness enveloped the world
To which I could not see
I were a stranger now
None could say they knew me

Time passes in mystery
Either in a flurry or a saunter
We are never to decide its passing
It chooses its rhythm
And how long in each moment
We are to remain within

Past the storm and the lull
To now where the dust settles
Feeling and thought return
As agony, sufferance it burns
The heart breaks once more
The tears swell and fall
Pain oh agony I curse you both
Leave me be I plead, let me sleep

The dust may settle
But my soul will not
To my lost love love I ask
Forget me not