For grief has struck me

The darkness and the greyness of the day
Pulls down my heart to places deep in earth
Where there are no tall trees nor wind to sway.

As little children, we went out to play
Did not   think this sunless time a curse
Just darker and  more cloudy than  some days.

My heart is touched by memories  and by prayer
But still resides in darkness of love’s dearth
Where there are no tall trees nor wind to sway.

I do not know my path and do not care
For grief has struck me  and stolen all  my worth
Oh, the darkness and the grayness of that day

I only wish that I could swiftly lay
My burdens down and  run from  this dread  curse
Where  live the trees of blackness  and dismay.

Oh,God why have I had no love, no  birth?
Interior darkness hides away my worth
I  dread  the outer  darkness  of these  days
And   these old   trees  which frighteningly  sway