DARKNESS IN THE TUNNEL
How did I get here?
Times ago there was laughter and merriment
Shining whites and sparkling orbs
The clink and clank of glass ornaments
Wine flowing from hole to hole
The joust and sparring of wit
Here a victory there a slaughter
Triumphant I am unbeatable
Invincible
There is darkness in the tunnel
Everything closes around me
I grasp at straws
Reach out for walls that grab me in return
I search for stars I cannot see
A sun that no longer exists
I am put out
There is darkness in the tunnel
Can you hold my hand and let go
Can you seek and not find me
Can you talk yet not speak
Can you see and be blind
Can you be here and absent
Can you inquire and retire
I groan
I am in pain
There is darkness in the tunnel
The drop of a whisper
“You are not without worth’’
A drop becomes a trickle
A trickle a stream
A stream a river
A river a sea
There is light in the tunnel
To hope is to live
To live is to hope
I strangle the voices
I light my candle
I am no more in the tunnel
To those who question, to those who depress