Sitting In The Dungeon

Sitting in the dungeon
in ashes and sackcloth;
languid
hopeless
troubled
afflicted
worried

Sitting in the dungeon:
is there any hope of a better tomorrow?

Can tomorrow be better than today?
weeping may endure for the night
but joy comes in the morning.

Sitting in the dungeon;
dejected;
why not end it all,
and rest in peace;
but wait: those who arbitrarily take their lives
are rejected at the Gate.
Neither here nor there

Sitting in the dungeon
taunted
cajoled
ridiculed
by friends and foes alike.

Is there any hope of restoration;
after all
the Lord brought back the captives to Zion.