A plea for redemption

I keep sinking in the ocean of pain

I keep drowning in the river of the same

I keep thinking that I will float again

I keep walking in the showers of blood rain

I keep trying to quench the blazing red flame

But I keep burning.  My tears rain in vain

I keep trailing to the end of a tunnel of shame

I keep hoping that the light at the end isn’t a train

But I am getting hit for my hopes are lame

I keep hearing mysterious voices in my sleep

Hands keep pulling me into darkness so deep

For my tormented soul in agony I weep

I keep praying to the spirits from the world beyond

I keep wishing and pleading with them to respond

To my cries and pull me out of this haunted pond 

-Edwin Onyango