Affliction

AS I LOOK AT MY SCRATCHED HANDS,
SALTY TEARS BEGAN TO DRIP ON THEM,
WHY? I ASK, AS THE DARK CLOUDS DREW NEAR.

IT BLOCKED THE SUN'S ABILITY TO SHINE,
MY EYES MUFFLED AS WELL AS MY WHOLE BODY.

MY HEART'S BEEN HIDING IN THOSE GREY CLOUDS,
I FIGURED, WHEN WOULD IT FINALLY SHOW ITSELF TO ME?

AS I WATCHED THE CLOUDS STAND STILL,
THESE EYES REFLECT NOTHING MORE,
BUT, NUMEROUS GREY CLOUDS COVERING MY SKY.