For a friend.........

 

Crawling Out

 

There's a darkness damning the day

Where the sun once came out to play

Seems like everything's blocking the way

Illusion or fact

Piled up in the tract

Where the space that surrounds you

Turns to water that drowns you

And heart screams while head turns away

 

Escape is from nightfall to dawn

Days turn but refuse to move on

Bright colors all faded to wan

It never is fair

From dream to nightmare

Green greyed to ashes

Dots stricken with dashes

As the was makes it's way into gone

 

The mind contends with the scatter

While the heart is deafened by shatter

Yet beats a feint flutter and patter

For the rule of cope

Rests in the hope

That one strand of light

Is enough to ignite

The strength to master the matter

 

                    ............ s. paul (Sept. 2019)