{"sf1_id":536581,"sf2_id":"JewBD7Q1","title":"The Helping Hand","author":"Ephemeral_Dreams","words":481,"posted_at":"2013-05-09T23:12:00.000Z","tags":["Ephy's quote","M/solo","No-Yiff","Poetry","Ramblings!"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/536581-the-helping-hand","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/JewBD7Q1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/f6/70/f6708db6-62d6-40a4-aa9f-36a0d69a07ba","description":"Collection of recent thoughts, though there is more to come and i will likely be producing more of these shortly. only the future will tell if i would write stories of joy and shenanigan-filled drama, or the polar opposite.","content":"The Helping Hand\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nby Ephemeral\\_Dreams\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEver since the days when clouds were all,\n\nEver minced my mind stayed yet so tall.\n\nA skyward gaze finding no stars in the night.\n\nA wayward haze grinding my tears in its might.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThey do not come, not anymore.\n\nOnly emotions, the waves of repressive thoughts.\n\nThey do not go, not anymore.\n\nOnly devotion, the knaves of oppressive droughts.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe hand has always been there, the one to hold me by the neck.\n\nKeeping me from both edges, ones of life and death.\n\nThe hand has always been taut, the one to keep me barely conscious.\n\nCreeping in from the shadows, its owner all but deaf.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe voice has always accompanied it, whispering of poison and honey.\n\nIt had stopped me from jumping many times, and made me want to take the leap.\n\nThe choice has always been there, meandering of freedom and finality.\n\nIt had stopped me from hoping many times, and made me wanton what I cannot reap.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNow the time nears to see beyond the veil of mystery\n\nThat had always covered up my savior and curse.\n\nBut alas there is another, the gnarled hand.\n\nThat had come to cover up my savior and nurse.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThrown into turmoil, yet another endless maze.\n\nTrapped within my own thoughts, unable to find light.\n\nIs jealousy ever justified? Anger, even?\n\nIs this what I'd desired? Hope, even?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe word is foreign, an unknown language.\n\nI had already forgotten, how to dream.\n\nYet around it closes, the hand of my savior.\n\nTo tug another out of the pits, as it never does tire.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nDoes one blame a godsend, one that is able to cure many?\n\nI know not what to call the current dilemma, but the feelings persist, as they always will.\n\nI know though not for certain that we will have our time to roar.\n\nDo I have the right to pout, when he has done so much?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAlas I wait for the clock to turn, for time to pass.\n\nThe dreaded flow of the universe, that everyone fears the most.\n\nAnd I hope for the best, for my chance to rise.\n\nThe shuttered glow of my soul, that everyone will see its brilliance.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd though I lack the heart to say I will fly above the grass.\n\nI do not lack the hope to allay the hand's fears to pass.\n\nFor one day the roar will be heard, its echoes heard by all.\n\nTo live to relieve, the hand to heal any and all.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs usual, comments are appreciated and welcomed. it is copyrighted to me so please do not distribute/vend/display without express permission ^\\_^\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThanks!\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd for the person that understands it, as i no doubt you do, you'll have to find me first! :D\n\n  \n  \n\n"}