Sorrow Sleeping At Last

It feels like falling
It feels like rain
Like losing my balance
Again and again
It once was so easy;
Breathe in. breathe out
But at the foot of this mountain
I only see clouds

I feel out of focus
Or at least indisposed
As this strange weather pattern
Inside me takes hold
Each brave step forward
I take three steps behind
It's mind over matter -
Matter over mind

Slowly
Then all at once
A single loose thread
And it all comes undone

Where there is light
A shadow appears
The cause and effect
When life interferes
The same rule applies
To goodness and grief;
For in our great sorrow
We learn what joy means