Anguish

A poem about loss & grief.

A darkness across my soul does spread,

For my light has gone forth ahead,

A thousand tears have my heart bled,

And life no longer any promise held.

Oh! why does the sun rise again?

Why does not the earth stop spinning?

And why the bright moon shining on the plain?

Oh! why this life of pining?

Each moment an eternity of pain,

Each breath like molten fire,

Oh mercy! be there no thoughts sane,

For an end is what I desire.