The Abyss

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Old, Old poem, lost through the years. I only remembered the first line, but somewhere in the depths of the darkness I again found the abyss.

The Abyss

As I close my eyes,
A black abyss come upon them like the red sea parted no more,
I gasp for life but there was no more,
I was overcome by the rocky sea shore.

As I slowly opened my eyes to the eternal darkness to be,
I realized that nothing but a abyss of darkness could I see.
I darkness soo deep that the hole travels down to the very pits of hell,
I plunder and wonder how is it that I fell,
To such a place of horrid to be known,
Nothing at all but the darkness to be shown.

As I look around,
I find myself alone,
Without light,
Without love,
Without any word from above.

All that remains is the abyss,
Slithering in the shadows with a hiss.
I find myself searching into the endless night,
For just a little glimpse,
Just a prayer of light.

But nothing is what I find,
I realize I am slowly losing my mind.
There is no up,
There is no down,
There is only the abyss to be found.
Such a place of utter black,
Can't you cut me any slack?
Bur no answer do I hear,
Not a soul do I find near.

Just the cold shivering silence into the never ending eve,
I pray to my God in heaven for a door to be shown to leave.
I pray for just a glimpse of the glimmer of light,
Just a sparkle in the eternal night.

But nothing is what I find,
Again I feel myself slipping more and more out of mind. 
Am growing insane,
I feel this journey is all in vain!

Where the hell am I?
I am not in heaven,
I am not in hell,
I find myself in the darkness of a shell.
Without walls,
Yet confided,
Without bars,
Yet I am binded.

Nothing but the utter darkness can I see,
Nothing in my reality is what is to be,
I feel nothing but the darkness around me.

Consuming me to the bone,
Still no direction to be shown,
Lost in the eternal darkness of the abyss,
Forever wondering blind in the mist.
As the night grows on from days to years,
An Eternity of time fills me with fears.

So as I open my eyes once more,
I beg again to be back on the shore,
Back in the horizon of the day,
I plead for my God to show me the way!

But still a lie alone in the darkness of the abyss,
Nothing but the screams of terror and agony that speaks to me with a  hiss,
Yet the screams of silence falls upon the deafness of my ears,
Nothing seems to silence the terror of my fears.
Rivers of blood fill the oceans of my soul,
Perhaps never again shall my heart become whole.

So here I lie in this prison of the unknown,
A prison of darkness and death to be known,
Waiting patiently for the path of life to be shown
A path out of the darkness of the night,
A Path into the eternity of the light...

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carynontherhine commented on The Abyss

07-26-2010

I like the wording of I'm not in heaven or in hell. Seeing between some of this poem, I can not write anymore. It is a ten!!

angel33614

07/26/2010

the abyss was a palce I found deep within the darkness and shadows of my inner mind, it was an escape from the pain and agony of my reality. A place of comfort and safety, yet one of eternal darkness and coldness that freezes the heart in a prision of time, a place that can be very dangerous to stay too long as you can easily get lost and never find your way back to the light... Purity of the soul, journey well!!! Angel aka your loving son

ApaqRasgirl commented on The Abyss

07-21-2010

wow, my friend, this one is so much like mine and how I felt, so trapped in that darkness. I am glad that you found that light and did not have to dwell in the darkness forever, your words are an inspiration to us all. thanks dear friend. love asha

angel33614

07/21/2010

Thank you my new friend for such beautiful words of encouragement! I knew you could relate to this one, but glad to know you have found again that inner light and again moved forward along the journey of life... thanks so much for the comments and review! Purity of the soul, journey well!!! Angel

knight4696 commented on The Abyss

06-30-2010

Angel - The darkness lives in us all - but it takes a brave soul to walk thru it and into the light. Some prefer to remain in the dark, whether it is from Fear of the Unknown, A feeling of imprisonment or just plain cowardess, I am not sure. But it is for them that I pray they find the strength to emerge and live in the light. Great Job pal! :) btw .. if you venture into my works - you will see that I like to Play in the Dark, but, I truly am a man who lives in the light. Ken

angel33614

07/02/2010

Inspiring words my new friend! Thankyou for the kind comments and insightful review! I think the abyss is a plcae that most people have, just many never know it is there, others are to afriad to venture so deep in fear that they may get lost and never find thier way out. I am not sure why people are so afriad of the dark? fear of the unknown I suppose... Truthfully how can you know who you truely are if you don't explore both the good and the bad, the light and the dark? I have found in my search that in the depths of the darkness of the abyss lies the brightest and purest of al light... Thankyou again for your kind comments and new friendship, I will be by your page soon. Purity of the soul, journey well!!! Angel

Karma885 commented on The Abyss

06-26-2010

deep and dark. dude. i'v bin that road many times it sux. i got simular poem s like this to. bein in that place is gettin harder to get out of now. gotta smoke weed to get out of it.

angel33614

06/27/2010

I think this is a place most of us have hidden deep within, most just never know it is there or are to afriad to travel so deep as they may get lost and not find thier way back to the light. A place I lived in for more years than I would like to admit but a place that can be very comforting and a safe harbour from the pain and agony that shrouds one's reality. Thanks for the comment my friend! Purity of the soul, journey well!!! Angel

Springsize commented on The Abyss

06-22-2010

Your poem of the abyss is dark... so nice to know that we have all been there, dwelt there, felt lost there. Those who built the pyramids and created the sphinx with the secret door and the 22 steps going down into the darkness, one for each lesson for the Earthlings... I recall vividly, a few of the lessons... the first one is that the door closed behind the initiate... who then was afforded the opportunity to move down the stairs and into the catacombs beneath the sphinx, some leading to the great pyramids close by. When the camera crews showed up in 1986, to film the secret door and the rock-dirt steps down, into the passageways... there were skeletons.. people who had given up ? It was strange. The most profound lesson example I recall though... was the instruction to grab onto a large round knocker on a large door entrance and bang the knocker 3 times and remain holding on... If the initiate did as instructed, great... otherwise, the ground opened up beneath the initiate who would have fallen into the abyss. Of course, one may always climb out of the abyss... but I have known the pit also. I believe the concept/story was centered around simile experiences, as I have felt myself inside and the door has closed and there is no going back... I note your comments about feeling a sense of safety within the dark void of emotions, an old shoe protecting one from having to reveal... like a womb... it gets small in there though.. the dark gets stuffy too..

angel33614

06/23/2010

Thankyou so much for the very insightful and well thoughtout comment! I think the abyss is a place that all of us have hidden deep within, just not all know it is there, many are to fearful to travel so far from the light of the known. You are right on that the abyss can be a plcae of safety and comfort hidden away from the pain and agony of reality. It was a place I lived for many years, more than I would like to admit. The end of your comment is also point on as if you stay in the abyss of the night for too long you can start to lose yourself and forget the way back to the light. The abyss starts to close in on you and you find yourself lost and alone. Thankyou so much for the kind comments! Purity of the soul, journey well!!! Angel

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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