Nothing is alright

 

Don’t tell me everything is fine

I see so clearly it’s just a big lie

doors are closed and no place to hide

I’m desperately trapped within my own mind.

 

Giving up to the curses that I have met

giving in to the wrath that’s been set

I sit still with full of regrets

taste the salt from the tears I have bled.

 

I burst out the scream with no sound

my voice is lost in silence so loud

loneliness is all that I’ve found

Devastation in the search nowhere bound.

 

Doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right

thinking back of all the fruitless fights

all I could muster is a heavy sigh

in light of all aspects, nothing is alright.

 

Bits by bits, my hope is shattered

all my efforts really doesn’t matter

‘ve been let down by the one that’s greater

buried deep in the dark pit of anger.

 

Fear settles in when patience starts to shake

anxiety stirs up as endurance breaks

I earnestly pray for sanity’s sake

when I sleep, Lord, don’t ever let me wake.

 

                                                          Huu Cao

                                                          11/11/02

 

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