Pools of Reflection - UN

Dark clouds cross the sky

like bruises to remind us

and for every drop of rain they hold

another pain will find us

Pools of reflection

laid upon stone

every moment, a ripple

the stone crumbles

beneath the weight of pain

the pools are revealed

to be mirrors of shame

Consumed with struggle

Forever fighting

To be free of yourself

To face the stranger

In the pool's reflection

Your true self revealed

Even when the clouds have parted

All Life turns to gray

And yet unlike the bruises

Your pain will never fade

So you beg death to free you

To take away your burden

Like a leaf on an autumn wind

All to be forgotten