Kybalion.

I know a woman

prettier than most

but the look in her eyes is

pale as a ghost

seen too many summers pass

or a few too many nights

woke up too many mornings

from too many fights

Lift her up.

I know a guy who

ran far from it all

six foot or over

but couldn't stand tall

he's never looked better

yet he's never had it worse

his wings were tarred and

feathered in his fall

Lift him up.

For I say to you there is a spirit

when you take away every other spirit

and the void yawns before you

but you scream back at the emptiness

that deeply offends you

and when you remove hell and heaven

you are left with only being

and being itself is enough to

Lift yourself up.

J. Sias 2010