LIGHT By Tom Jensen
My world is empty
As strangers pass
I imagine myself
endeared in their eye
They never stop,
just go about
their daily routine
Never wondering what
an unknown figure
could ever do for them
Perhaps make
every dream come true
Perhaps give them the sun
and place it in their hands
They walk by
and their lives are changed forever,
unknown to them
I could have been
their everything
My life remains the same, alone
I am willing to love
Yet they never stop,
just go about their daily routine
Sometimes I try to be noticed,
I shout and wave my hands
And make promises
I fully intend to keep
But they do not stop,
not for me
Desperate, I keep on searching
Filling my void with whatever
I find to make the day pass
Night falls and covers
my weeping eyes
and damp cheeks
Despair fills my heart
just as darkness fills the air
Alone and in the dark
my eyes catch sight of a distant light
So far in the distance
and so high atop the sky
Seemingly a kin
to the mountains
it is so unreachable
Yet I must try
What have I to lose
except the pain of tears?
With every step closer
my sorrow is lifted
I walk long miles
yet my legs do not feel heavy
My heart begins racing
as the light does not fade
as I get closer
So many times before
my dreams crushed
right before my eyes
Maybe once I will succeed
to reach the top
After what seems like
an eternity of traveling
I reach the summit
The light, once
distant and small,
now encompasses me
I stand before it,
anxious to touch it
I extend my hand
in friendly greeting
The light enters my fingertips
and explodes into my body
A body once cold
regains warmth
Each sense more exited
than the next
All pain ever felt before
is exiled back to where it came
My spirit returns
and I feel alive
The light I now hold within guides me
Through darkness
Through worry
Now as I have
found the light
I will never be alone
The light I have found
is you