Life

She stands there, stares you in the face
'Impossible', that's what she seems to say
You wilt before you could brace
Yourself to confront this day.

All the toil goes down the drain;
No light at the end, there is no tunnel.
Darkness descends, then comes the rain,
Someone just pricked the lively bubble.

She is known by most as LIFE -
Maybe because she sucks it out of you.
Ready to pounce at every silly mistake
To make you suffer the consequences too.

First comes a thought, followed by another
Making it look like thought to be.
She is all so precise in choosing a target
Not once is she not to the T.

When all alone, she comes a-visiting
With a basket-full of tempting food
For the lion deep inside awaiting
To be instigated when in a bad mood.

It's all there within, she knows
Enough to make you feel you've lost it
While she has overwhelmed you on all sides
Pushing you into a bottomless, dark pit.

Down, down, down you go until
You fall up into His arms of love.
Maybe it was worth going through it all
It was His plan, He who's up above.

You were seen being tormented by her
Of course, she wasnt sent by Him
After all, could such a loving Father
Ever think of clipping the wings of a Ceraphim?

......She stands there, stares you in the face
'Impossible', that's what she seems to say
But now you know better
You smile at her - and then walk away.