Digging Deeper

Beneath the pain and depression
Even deeper than the blanket of despair
Holding me down under it's black tragic spell
Is a feeling of hope that keeps me digging
Through layers of fossilized memories
There is a glimmer glowing and smoldering
Another shovel and a handful of something muddy
At least I hope it's mud, it could be something much worse
I just know I have to keep going deeper in me
The only way to ascend from this darkness is through the core
The hole I dug myself into has filled in from behind
Now the only way out is to rise up on the other side of Hell
I don't know if the smell suffocating me emanates from within or beyond
But there is a cool stream waiting for me beyond the rim of darkness surrounding me
And I will find my way, I know I just need to go up, up and away
Away from the past that never belonged in front of me
Gravity was so much easier to chase, until there were no more depths to fall to
Above me there is water, there is light, there is hope
Digging deeper until deeper is a mountain I've climbed