Sunlight and Shadows


Darkest Hour

No one else feels this hurting pain

That pummels at me from within

No one else knows the sheer despair

Of getting stuck alone again

No one else hears the cries for help

So silent in this agony

No one else sees the deep regret

That this again is destiny

But I can feel the ray of hope

That warms me through the waves of pain

But I can know that I will rise

When I get through the storm again

But I can hear the bells of love

Chime faintly through the din of hate

But I can see that just one day

Does not determine my life’s fate

I can’t avoid the storms of life

Or dodge the rain from every cloud

But in it, if I listen, still

Hope will rise and sing aloud

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