Hold On

Weeks, months, no, only days,

Formless, a blur, stumbling through the haze.

Cling to the promise of light,

The hope that there is escape from this endless night.

Purposeless, aimless, wander alone,

Shackled, chained to the cage of one’s home.

Another’s warmth is but a memory, fading,

Tend to the embers of connection, waning.

Hold on to the reason, the why,

Withdraw for love, not just to comply.