Light

Staggering into the darkness,

The deep black pit I call home,

I bump upon loose canons

While walking through catacombs.

And so I lie, so I die,

Bit by bit each night

For defeat seems imminent

In absence of the light.

But wait! I feel the warmth again,

The warmth of the golden sun;

Upon my pale, cold, sunken skin

I feel my heart race, blood run.

And through that cascade of gold,

Your silhouette shines in black

You bring to me a moment of peace,

And all my demons, they fall-back.

You snatched me from the underworld

For a while it feels like I’m brought alive

And you put my pieces back together

With the intention for me to thrive.

And so I do, in your light,

I look at my way ahead,

Everything makes me smile

And nothing now I dread.

But I don’t look back, I’ll never look back

Because I’m scared you won’t be there

That soft nudge, that quiet push,

All disappeared in thin air.

But still I’ll walk, I’ll breathe in your warmth

Even in your absence so stifling;

Because this moon that you were to my night

Makes my darkest sorrow look trifling.