Pain Pounds Incessantly

As the wind blows through the trees, weakly my chest heaves.
I spend hours on my knees, wiping tears with my sleeves.

The pain, it pounds incessantly, boom boom in my head,
I’m fading obsolescently, wishing I was dead.

Breath comes in fits and starts, despair is what I’ve gotten;
To not feel pain in many parts is something I’ve forgotten.

I sit and I watch the world go by, people run to and fro,
While in sickness I weep and sigh, drowning in my sorrow.

Lord, when will my turn come to get up and live,
For all born here will succumb to death’s cruel sieve.

The reaper claws and scratches, pounding at our door,
No matter how secure our latches, a swift end is in store.

Though in one sense death comes quick, it’s also painfully slow;
Sometimes our life’s wick fades ponderously in sorrow.

No one here will escape, the gaping mouth of the grave,
Sins’ grabbed us all by the nape, and to it we’re each a slave.

Depression is a hard master, that rubs salt in the cuts;
Maniacally it tells us, “Faster!”, as audaciously it struts.

It locks us in a cage, causes us to wish for death;
I myself, in a rage, have told God, “Remove my breath!”.

But mercifully, He didn’t do it, He told me, “Son, hold fast,
I will pull you out of this pit, and give you the grace to last.”

So I clung to my Savior; the risen, reigning Lord Jesus;
When we’re weak and we waver, His hand reaches to seize us.

He gave me peace in the mire, and washed off all the mud,
When I stumble and perspire, His love flows like a flood.

From the Fount of every blessing, I receive peace and grace;
When I find myself stressing, My eyes lift to see His face.

Fixing my mind upon Him, I remember His love,
Also His pierced limbs when He came down from above.

To suffer and weep He knows well, better than you and me;
He bore the full force of sin’s swell when nailed on Calvary.

We serve a God who knows, what it is like to bleed;
He stood up to take our blows so that we might be freed.

So come I pray do not delay, turn to Christ today,
For He alone is the Life; the only Truth and Way.