The Soul Tunnel

The Soul Tunnel


So I walked through a tunnel and I did not know why.
The darkness was terrifying as I stumbled through
barriers I could not comprehend.

My mind wandered as I slipped and fell
to past mistakes that I knew too well.

My brown eyes tried to focus on
bits and pieces of my life.
Why was I staggering in this labyrinth
of black? Darkness covered me like
an unwanted blanket on a scorching day.

I started to crawl, my footing was unstable...
I began to follow my life to this point.
The ground began to crumble...
I was shaking and aware of the tiny
pinpoint light that pierced my eyes
and swallowed my soul.

It was close and real and my fear tripled as
the light struck me like a wave.
My body shivered and contracted as
pain and anguish rippled through me like a
lightning storm.

I felt overwhelmed and inadequate to bear this
hurt, this worsening bruise that became mine.

Someone I knew had this fate, and I was a stranger
to it. I did not know who felt this anguish,
but somehow it became me.

The focused light diminished and liquid black
washed over me like an evil waterfall.
My thoughts fell over me.
My pain broke like shattered glass.

Reality took hold and a whisper glided to my brain...
"The light is in front of you..all you have to do is grab hold!"
The voice wavered and the voice spoke clear and confident,
"You want the past to end? Then you fight for it! You can change!
Your choices make the difference."

The tunnel grew and comprehension was laid before me like
the sun overbearing the night.

We are pieces of our family...
their pain becomes ours.
What we do with that hurt... remains with us.
Sometimes you have to be apart
to understand the whole.

The dark tunnel became light that
did not strike.
And that is enough.
At times, we don't know how strong we really are...
and that's a great thing...

Who's voice was it that I heard?
I'd like to think it was mine...