Star Gazer

The soul stares freely to the skies,
Escapes this world of bitter want,
Where men build walls of deceit and lies,
Of “ifs” and “but's” and countless “whys”,
Opposed to any sighing truth.

Doubt clogs pathways of expression,
Blurs the choice of “do” or “don’t”,
Loops oneself through blind regression,
Closed to simple care suggestion,
They want to help but can’t get through.

Don’t be caught up in the past,
Old hurts can never fill the hole,
And joy, not very long, will last
The world, you find, betrays at vast,
A prison cell that has no bars.

The solution waits, not hard to find,
To cast off fear and pain and guilt,
You wish to leave your stains behind,
To break from woe’s intensive bind,
Simply gaze into the stars.