Despair's Tentacles

Seasons come, seasons go

Feelings come, feelings go

Traitorous soul, betray again

What to do, I don’t know

All around, just so bleak

Dark & gray sky at its peak

Feelings of sadness threaten to crush

Alone I sit as weeping begins

Any end to these moments of despair

Any end to these feelings of fear

Needing an answer. Tell me please do

Lose me from despair’s tentacles

Strength rises up from within

Wellspring of life, to action it leaps

I choose to stand, to wait and to be strong

Trials may come but I will overcome

Hope’s frame, seemingly fragile it is

Beckons to all, “hold on to me” it sings

I never fail, be patient with me

That you may be strong, all’s happening that is...