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Sad Spirit

(Tom Entrican – 5/18/20)

In places unseen that nobody knows

A little sad spirit festers and grows

At times it is quiet not causing despair

But the host understands the spirits still there

Sometimes late at night when one cannot sleep

Darkness awakens and climbs from the deep

The recognition of his familiar old pain

Tells him the sad spirit has risen again

Not much he can do when the sad one is there

Takes all of his strength as he rocks in his chair

When others are smiling he’d like to join in

In his bag of tricks he keeps a spare grin

For those who wonder why he stays at home

It is something that he must fight all alone

He draws from the father who sits up on high

To fight the sad spirit that tears at his mind

If there was a button that he could turn

Push, flip or click he’d be desperate to learn

For it’s not his desire to host the sad one

Who drains him and leaves him feeling undone

In futile attempts to rise from his funk

And clear his mind of all that is junk

He asks not for help, not from anyone

Cause all that he wants is to be left alone

He knows that in time his prayers are heard

And the mind that betrays him no longer is blurred

When the lord fills his heart with a heavenly song

Then at least for a while the sad spirit is gone