Passage

I’ll wake up from this nightmare

One day, I will live in a dream

These four white walls

Aren’t as clean as they may seem…

Its pasty appearance bears the burden

Of too many tears shed in sorrow

Yet they lead to an open window

That can be opened to the promise of tomorrow

Portraits hang sideways on the walls

The lighting is dimmed throughout the way

The floor bears the scars of my travels

As I continue another day

Vague rays of light shine through

Paving the way to the final door

And through that passage at the end

I won’t exist in this realm anymore

Within this darkness that I cannot fight

Tiny sparks ignite a fire of hope

It gives me the strength to go on

And the power to carry on and cope

Worn and weak, I step forward

Pressing past each trouble before me

I will conquer with each step I take

And pass through into eternity