The Power of Prayer

A sonnet

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I found comfort in silent solitude,

a shelter from the commotion of life.

When reality became slightly skewed

isolation was my safe place to hide.

Alone I dove into my darkest thoughts,

slinking in the shadows of seclusion,

I fixated on found failures and flaws-

they drowned me in deceptive delusions.

I was shackled to the shame of secrets

maddened by monsters maintained in my mind

damnned to destructive dances with demons,

eager to escape emptiness inside.

With unsteady faith, I fell to my knees,

that pivotal prayer brought eternal peace.