Hope visited me today 
She brought Grace and Calm 
I looked at them comfusedly 
Why had these three come?

I was lying in my bed 
With Dejection and with Dread 
I’d been in their company a while 
They had spun their grisly web

I had lain in its hoary mesh
While its tendrils reached within 
Shutting out the daylight hours
My world was dark and grim

The pain that they had released 
Had also roused Masochist 
He clutched me now in his eerie hold
I just couldn’t break that spell 

The rushing, gushing tides of pain 
Numbed memories that played 
Over and over in a loop 
Relentless, without a break 

My heart bled from the holes that gaped
Wider with every wave 
Of agony that swept through me 
I had no desire to be saved 

But now there was Courage too 
With Love she looked at me 
Grouping together in my chest 
They held hands with the other three

Their other hands lay on my heart
Staunching the essence that fled
Out into the ravening veins 
Of Dejection and of Dread 

A gentle warmth spread through my flesh 
I finally saw some light 
Flitting, peeping, twinkling through 
The blue gauze in my eyes 

Hope and Calm and Love together 
With Courage and Grace today 
Came to sit with me a while 
As in my bed I lay.