You needed me
But I left you alone for far too long
As long ago I had to turn away from the part of me
That was in need
Of so many things they could not give
So
In the end
You left me too
Making me face the utter depths
Of a seemingly unfathomable emptiness
And yet
It was a rich place
That Underground world I found
Painful as it was
Haunted by so very many
Lost ghosts
Sending up vapors and echoes
And only those brave enough to face
The emptiness
Know how full it is
And how much redemption lies
Within its icy
Burning
Churning depths
There at the base
I found a grieving widow
Dark as night
Who lost her child
The psyche never lies
In its images
And so it was I wept
And wept
But then the tears revealed a life
I lost the way to
The forgotten refrain of a song
So essential
Only its bittersweet melody
Could bring me life
And so it is now
I know these things to be sacred
To cry
To dance
To laugh
To long and ache
And finally to find a way
To embrace
All of those lost children
Whose ghosts came seeking me
In the land so very far away
All of those
Many years ago