Life’s Wilderness

How barren my mind with a heart so sullen
How warm this lonely heart
Trapped in a life of turmoil
Forever dreaming of a life of some meaning
When my heart  and soul are kept apart from this mind of mine
Forever trapped in the mystery called life

How lonely my soul
Forever seeking a heart so warm
How when my life could have some meaning
I am still all alone
Trapped in desperate thoughts
That surround my mind
Never realising this heart of fire
Relentlessly stoking my innermost feelings
Endlessly burning my soul away

How senseless this life without true meaning
Always ebbing but never flowing
To reach out but never finding
The meaning of life

Is it only a dream that I may awaken from
And to have a life entwined in passion
And to share my heart and soul
With someone I love

 

©Paul Davidson
2001