-Soul Deep in Troubled Waters-
( A Bishop poem)
Dark and foreboding,
Animalistic and with undertones of self-loathing
Full of mystery
Caught in a shell of self-inflicted misery
You wrap those walls around you so
Spreading trouble and pain wherever you go
A survivor and hunter you are
Burns and cuts that mar
Your handsome features that you cover up with masks of woe and hate
Brought on by an unfortunate fate
You think of hope as something far away
Yet you need only to know the way
Past the barriers of lies you built around your being
And to change your view of the world, a new way of seeing
Then I come along
The battle within you is strong
Emotions which threaten to break you
Yet you push them away like they were dirt on your shoe
Fighting to control your will
Drinking deep until you've had your fill
You struggle within
Denying yourself and pushing yourself deeper into a cocoon of false truths therein
You hate me and you love me
You do not know which side of you, you should be
Its all my fault you say
For making you feel this way
Are you really so blind?
To think that love is unkind?
You say its all about a debt
But there is more to that, I bet
You run and run
To get away from me only to come back full circle, again undone
You believe its too much to take
But I come to show you for your own sake
That two can be together as one
Its alright, hun
But anger comes again, you want me to pay
So instead, you destroy the gates to send the undead on their way
To dispose of me
Yet inside you'll never be fully rid of me
You may think you have won
But dear, this battle has barely just begun