my silent scream

i'm standing here at the shoreline of my life

lost in a tangle of wicked thorny vines

i'm unable to walk back to solid ground

i cannot move a muscle without pain

in a life so excruciatingly impossible

any move i could make is a paradox

i wonder if i should just take that one step

go to a place so unrelentingly unknown 

are you waiting for me to drown in this lake

to lift me up in your arms to my release

from the deadly embrace of a lost life

flow gently around me my love

bring me to your heart and keep me warm

until i can feel your heart beating

and your breath caress my face

as my life flows back 

with a vengence

©paul viel 2004 

©paul viel 2004