In These Woods

In These Woods

I've been lost for some time now
Running through haunted woods
Being chased by cruel shadows
That would catch me if they could
But they can't
Because I'm running..
Running to find the light
I know is shining somewhere
In the distance of my life.

I've been crying in these woods.
Perhaps it's just the season
When flowers never bloom
It only rains
For sorrow's reasons
But I do not understand
Every raindrop from the sky.
And I cannot comprehend
Every teardrop from my eye.

I've been screaming in these woods
But no one hears my plea
And if they do,
They do not care
To stop and rescue me.
What is my plea
To those who laugh
When joy fills their day?
They laugh so loud
They cannot hear.
My plea's too far away.

I've been praying in these woods
I've been praying oh so long
For a place
To keep my faith
Where it can grow
And just be strong.
But it's like shattered glass
And my prayer to make it whole
Is trying to rise
From sorrow's pit;
From a dark place in my soul.

Who knows
My smile is missing,
And who knows
Where it could be?
I'm not quite sure of where it is
But if you should look for me..

~T.S. Wilkins~

ABSTRACT SOUL