Darkness

Daring to turn back, away from the light. Beyond today I do not see. What does this life mean to me? I have two eyes, yet I cannot see, what waits for me. Where I am, the light does not shine. This is the darkest place I have ever been. No matter where I turn I seem to only see the darkness around me.
Why did I wander from home? Though the stars themselves seem to hide, from this dreadful darkness. Still I walk into this place, till I can’t tell which way is out and which is further in. “it” extends “its” hand, I try to see the body or a face to which this hand could have come from. Yet I do not see, for “it” is always in the shadow, never in the light.
As I take “its” hand, I wonder what do I leave behind? All it took was that moment. I feel the darkness consume me, taking me in. I stumble on the ground; a cold kiss of death washes over me. I look up at the dark sky to see white wings in flight. Floating in the darkness they are my only light.
So if I die this very night; do not weep for me. For these white wings will save me. I let “it” take me for I do not fear “it” any longer. Splashed in light, I hear a scream, could that have been me? “it” takes “its” time watching while I die. I just stare up in the sky, at the white wings that circle above me. So, I leave this world with hopeful eyes, for I know what waits for me. With a smile and a prayer I leave, a life not yet complete.
By: Danielle Wiggins