I'm faced with the impossible

 

 

I’m faced with the impossible

 

By Tyree Bailey

 

 

 

I’m alive, but I’m faced with the impossible,

Today I call on a higher power, because this hurt…

This realization, I can’t face alone.

 

So, just as I’m faced with the impossible,

I too, ask it of you Lord.

Give me a moment of rest, a chance to breathe…

Because sleep is non-existence and day are suffocating,

Like a child about to drown.

And in spite of all that, it’s still impossible.

 

Everyday I get a little weaker, because I remember you…

Your voice, your touch, your smell, and I swear it’s impossible.

Impossible to forget, and just the same to remember.

 

Oh, but I do remember, and upon thought,

I remember everything : my hopes, my dreams, and most of all;

I remember life….real life.

And at that very instant, I exhale, because I know I’m alive…

And so are you too…”HERE” inside of me.

 

But at least I know the impossible is sometimes asked of us;

In both love and life.

So, I take a deep breath, as my eyes shed an ocean of tears,

For you, the only thing I know,

As I’m faced with the impossible : letting go.