A ROSE IN THE CHAOS

I live in the shadows.

In the shadows of a world gone mad.

In the shadows of a world I can't forgive.

I live in a world that's all chaos,

A world that's dark due to the spilled blood the Innocents lost.

The blood of the wretched and the righteous alike.

It's been eons since light last shone on me,

I have been imprisoned in this whole world.

I do have feet and they take me places,

But no matter where I go I still can't escape.

I have been cursed to live in this time.

Wherever I am murder, adultery and greed follow.

Genocide, pestilence, famine and holocaust are there,

There just seems to be no hope.

But one day a miracle happened,

Amidst the chaos of it all sprang a rose,

A single white rose in the middle of pandemonium.

Surrounded by confusion yet it remained gentle, unmoved.

I stood and watched it as the days passed by.

It grew with every passing day and became more beautiful,

Its fragrance touched my very soul.

It Inspired me to struggle, to survive.

I never thought all It took to inspire me was this rose.

But till in pain I live in the shadows.

But I am determined, I have decided.

I will fight to survive, I will stay alive, I will wait.

And when the time is right,

My rose and I will step Into the light and Live life anew.