The Valley

@waterfrontdreamer or anyone else in that dark valley. Please read.

I know it's Happy Monday
But the matter needs addressed
And I don't mean to hurt anyone
Or make them feel depressed.
I was at that brink once
The precipice of which many speak,
I stared into that dark abyss
The road to which is steep.
Perhaps that's why it's so easy to get down
And hard to get back up
Hence why there, sadly, have been many
Who never surfaced and got stuck.
When looking into that abyss
You search your deepest parts.
Do I have the courage?
Do I have the heart?
I can tell you neither heart nor courage
Make you move that knife,
Pull that trigger, loop that noose
That take away your life.
I know there's folks out there
Who aren't massive God fans
And I won't preach, I'll only say
That I was in his hand.
While you stand there wondering if
This is the way it ends
You begin to see the hole you leave
Which no-one can truly mend.
You begin to see how wonderful
Your existence really is
Despite your bad choices
Which your little life do mist,
And after all of this occurs
The clouds clear and you see
There's hope in every shape and form
In whatever form it will be.
Tomorrow is a brighter place,
Without Death there, there is light
And you'll no longer fear Death's call
But ONLY when the time is right.
I know this all sounds so cliché
But it really is the truth.
Life's so precious and marvellous.
Don't believe me? I have proof.
And when you look there's so many people
To walk you from the plunge
And back up that steep, difficult hill,
United by one thing; Love.
And though many, myself as one,
Never tell a soul
They feel that presence anyway
Because it's there, untold.
So don't make this decision
It's not man's decision to make.
You'll pull through, we'll see you do,
Just leave all this business to Fate.

S. x