Cry of the Soul

Oh, God! Can you hear my cry?
Can you hear my soul screaming, keening
Begging for mercy from the
Agony of the broken heart!
Time after time after time,
Knowing no happiness, knowing no love,
Knowing only misery, loneliness,
And an endless river of tears...
Crying turns to wailing, and wailing
Turns to silence as the voice gives way
To where only the soul can be heard screaming, keening....
The screams of agony inside the mind
Can be deafening...
No relief, an endless cycle of games,
Cowardice, and excuses--
What did I do to deserve this?
Please! I beg for mercy! I fall down to my knees
In my river of silent tears!
I beg forgiveness for all sins,
But especially those sins that has brought me this pain--
I beg for release! I beg for your mercy! I beg for your pity!
I beg your forgiveness!
I long for the day when you put your hand on my head and say
"You are forgiven, my child! You will be granted not only mercy, but Happiness and peace. Your pain, loneliness and suffering are over--
Go now with the love I have sent to you. Go and be happy, and live your Lives together under me, and you will be eternally blessed."

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the
feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all of the
others, including Love...

One day, it was announced to the feelings that the
island would sink, so all repaired their boats and left.
Love was the only one who stayed.

Love wanted to persevere until the last possible moment.

When the island was almost sinking, Love decided to
ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a great boat.

Love said:

"Richness, can you take me with you?"

Richness answered:

"No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat.
There is no place here for you."

Love decided to ask Vanity, who was also passing by in
a beautiful vessel:

"Vanity, please help me!"'

"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might
damage my boat," Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by, so Love asked for help:

"Sadness, let me go with you."

"Oh...Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"

Happiness passed by Love too, but she was so happy
that she did not even hear when Love called her! Suddenly,
there was a voice:

"Come Love, I will take you." It was an elder.

Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that he even forgot
to ask the elder her name.

When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way.

Love realizing how much he owed the elder asked
Knowledge, another elder:

"Who helped me?"

"It was Time," Knowledge answered.

"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered:

"Because only Time is capable of understanding
how great Love is."