<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392620" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Perpetual Desolation</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh Lord I look out at perpetual desolation<br> I see nothing but the blackness of the night<br> I hear the jackals howling in anticipation<br> And my sunken eyes behold this dreadful sight<br> <br>The sun has set and shall it rise again? <br> Or has the nightly shadows won the day? <br> On every side they break and tear to pieces<br> And the reapers hand is never far away<br> <br>I listen for a voice, nay, only silence<br> Total devastation is my only friend<br> He makes a feast of all I ever hoped for<br> And the hell lies in no knowledge of its end<br> <br>And only at this point can I consider<br> Of all I took for granted every day<br> The beauty that has died and gone forever<br> Torments my soul and causes me to pray<br> <br>Oh Lord forget me not for I have fallen<br> Fallen from the lofty heights of your embrace<br> My heart cries out, its pierced by many sorrows<br> As it languishes, it longs to see your face<br> <br>I am your child on that alone I call thee<br> For I have squandered every morsel from your hand<br> And now I lay among the dead and dying<br> And I know that this is not what you had planned<br> <br>Oh Father will you save me for your own sake<br> For darkness haunts the earth and cruelty reigns<br> Remember the apple of your eye and where I came from<br> Destroy the darkness and reverse its ghastly gains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+McEleny">Frank McEleny</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392620" data-title="Perpetual Desolation de Frank McEleny" data-description="Oh Lord I look out at perpetual desolation I see nothing but the blackness of the night I hear the jackals howling in anticipation And my sunken eyes behold this dreadful sight The sun has set and shall it rise again? Or has the nightly sha..."></div> </div> </div>

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