Surrounded by darkness

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Surrounded by darkness, the only active thing:

My mind.

Running through the depression that encompasses

The abyss of my thoughts.

This lonely, lonely feeling swamping me down

To my bones.

Sadness courts my thoughts, wandering through

The labyrinth of my mind.

The deepest numb feeling soaks through my

Very pores.

My mind wandering, roving through a lonely world

Of my own.

Alone in my dark, quiet hideaway, almost ignorant

Of the world.

Except for the beat of my heart, reminding

Me of others.

Reminding me of others, of light and

The world outside.

More than darkness, overcoming loneliness

Is what others can do.

Then my mind slowly remembers the softness

And warmth of light.

And the fullness of belonging and

More emotions.

Remembering when I wasn't limited to

Sadness and darkness.

Then spiraling cautiously to light and

Open arms.

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