I have been treading water far too long.
These treacherous torrents took me off my feet,
The swirling currents carried me away
To places I had no desire to go,
Tsunami-force of circumstance and pain,
The waves and breakers pushed me to the depths.
And fighting back, for days and weeks and months,
I rose again to take another breath,
To keep myself alive with hope and grace
And feel the sunshine warm upon my face.
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But now it feels I’ve reached that final point,
The drowning person waving one more time,
His hand stretched out, continuing to hope,
Betrayed by weight and weariness at last.
The light fades out, the final breath expelled,
The waves and breakers pushed me to the depths,
To make my bed and lie on it below,
For there is nowhere deeper you can sink.
To rest in darkness, hidden from the light,
With bedrock underneath, I end the fight.
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So now, if I am still to walk this world,
My only prayer is for Another’s Breath,
The kiss of life, the arms that lift me up,
A resurrection from the place of death.
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De profundis……….. You’re not alone redhead………… deep breaths now……..
“Every day I die again, and again I’m reborn
Every day I have to find the courage
To walk out into the street
With arms out
Got a love you can’t defeat
Neither down or out
There’s nothing you have that I need
I can breathe
Breathe now” - U2