"Pit"

My thoughts, like a vast pit Might I plummet down the void of sadness and sorrow I might not find an end As I'm peaceful in the moment Life's hands push me down that bottomless pit My thoughts once merry and bright Now dimmed by a bushel of stress and defeat My emotions, now unknown and unseen The father I fall the more I see Mirrors on the walls Myself looking back at me It does not look like the self I know Twisted and deformed Disfigured Falling farther and farther And as it gets dark Hearing voices of disgust and anger Of mocking and disapproval My head is spinning I now feel ill Uncomfortable in my own skin I start to cry out for a refuge Someone to extricate me from this pit of despair I stop before I open my mouth I know no one will come Crying in fear Of grief and suffering I look up seeing a light The light of hope Of joy and kindness The light of a person who is compassionate They grasp my hands Cold and clammy Pulling me out of my distress I feel the burdens of many fall off of my shoulders They embrace me and all of my many worries float away