A Light in the Darkness

[Dark Muse]

A Light in the Darkness

Hark! This darkness
that surrounds me
suffocating
in this lowly pit
of abandonment
long forgot by all
who knew me, with only
these old bones, of whose
fate I am sure to share,
for company.

I live in this well
of despair with a
feeling of forever drowning
not even shadows dwell here
only rats and misery
the first come to nibble at my toes
the other to nibble at my soul.

There is but one reprieve
the angel who descends
to play a cruel visit upon me
she illuminates my dingy existence
shines through the perceptual gloom
a blinding beauty which cannot be
touched.

And than she is gone
leaving me behind
with nothingness
but an ache in my heart
for the hope that one day
she will return to carry
me away.

[Jerrybaldy]

Thats a dark place even for a dark muse. Even the angel brings no hope but that she will carry you away.
It makes me feel like I wouldnt wait. As it probably should.
cheers
Jerry

[hillwalker]

Sounds like a cry of despair from the crypt. The title is more optimistic than the poem itself.

[Dark Muse]

The title is intended to be somewhat misleading as it plays upon our presumptions of "light' and what light symbolizes. And of course I always like to twist perspectives around in how we see things, and how those views can be altered to mean something other than what is commonly held.