The Waters Below

The tears pour from my eyes;
Twin rivers of perpetual hope
Emptying into a lake of fear.
The world around me
Drowns in it's own self-doubt'
Whilst I hang on to a life-raft of truth.
Cries of anguish echo forever in my ears
As people desperately flail about me,
Eager to save their own lives.
They care not about their friends'
Nor the families they grew up with;
Their only cares are of the moment
And what they want for themselves.
The sins of the world surround me
Beating at the doors of my soul.
Cold hands of dreams long forgotten
Trying to drag me into the depths below