Afterglow’s Only Light

Afterglow’s Only Light

In the fall from manic into the wreckage dungeon

You see yourself in the light of truth

For there’s no lying when your soul’s shredding

That screaming sound’s its worth

And listening to those wishes, hopes, regrets and pleasures

They holler out as you’re headed once more for that bedrock

But there’s terror maybe it’ll crack

You know that day can trigger no coming back

There’s only cold in the shiver of abandonment

Lonely world of a soul in pain and there’s no salve or contain

So all you have is a world without certainty

The essence of human frailty, looking for warranty

Sometimes it’s slow to reach bedrock’s fold

The core of you emotionally that holds and holds

At the bottom feeling small surges of lifting

The sadness that drags into the manic once more is grifting