Darkness

("Winter's Edge", 2018, original encaustic) Darkness Darkness darkness be the pillow That pulls me in and holds me down When all around the light had faded And nowhere within it can be found Somewhere some one is now crying Out for love or something near While in silence the dark is calling A soothing sound but void of cheer As I sit with dog attentive Without a clue what humans know The day outside still bright with promise Yet in I’m trapped nowhere to go A pain of loss without dimension A lack of love for life at hand A treading of these stale waters A nowhere place for nowhere man Come, oh come, bring resolution For it can’t end in such a way From the dark a light is growing The promise of a solstice day… (12/23/23)