Dark Night of the Soul
There's nowhere to go from here but down deeper into the well where I'm told the treasure lies it's walls are jagged and rough there's no where to grab on the air is thick with death and decay I can barely breathe. It hurts. feels like hell ____ A soft whisper in the background says stop thrashing, precious child relax and breathe come deeper still my love fall into me I'm not finished with you yet. _____ She releases me after what seems like eternity gasping the glorious fresh air once again grateful to be alive the familiar colors and textures of the dense world I've tolerated become brighter, friendlier and more inviting i cautiously welcome this reprieve from the grip of death and yet something knows that around the corner looms the next round of annihilation ____ I'd like to think that with each plunge there's a little more grace a little less thrashing but perhaps that...