Blessed Serenity

Through the pitch darkness
And clouds of confusion
A benevolent hand
Reached forth toward me

I received this hand
Warily with mine
And followed to discover
Where it would lead

I began to detect
A faint incandescence

A multitude of
Sweet beckoning voices
Lovingly encompassed me

As the light became brilliant
Never did the hand discard me

Once into the blazing light
With the gloominess

An indistinct recollection

Then is when I saw that
The accommodating hand
Which had led me away
From anguish was yours

The voices I'd heard
Were amazingly those of
My beloved ones

Summoning me back

From the pit of
Ominous nothingness
I had worn as a shroud

Never before had I felt
Such blessed serenity

I realized where I belonged

I finally knew who I was

I left all self-doubts
And suspicions behind
In the torment

And dark despair

That had become my life
For almost an entire year

I was myself once more

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