Dimmed

Lights out, the night’s up and about
Casting a lonely blanket of bleakness
Amidst unspeakable tears
Trapped ‘neath layers of years
An expanse so big, so wide
I brave it alone no candles by my side
I do not delight in solitude
Nothingness this magnitude
Please not tonight
It ripples through my head
We scream but my voice is dead
Trapped inside, outside
Seeing nothing, fearing everything
That darkness brings

1995

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Pictured: Sunset at Kawayan Cove