Mourning Skies

The Forest

I wait in the forest
And glance through the trees
Unable to move an inch
Because of my shaking knees

I'm on a mission
And my mind will not waver
It seems this life for me
Is no longer something I savor

The things they tell me
Swirl around my head like a tornado
Shouting to me that surely
There is nothing and nowhere to go

After this life, they say,
Is something better
They say that death
Brings the only savior

So I tried to reach out
For that hand of relief
But without the faith
What do I know of belief?

It's truly the uncertainty
That holds me back from deaths grasp
But it's also the longing
For happiness at last

I don't want to die this empty
I don't want to die depressed
I want to have a smile on my face
As I lay down to rest

I wander through the forest for hours
But I surely do not stay
I chose my life over death
Perhaps another day