A Spark
By: Sami Bates
Yearning,
Churning,
Ever burning.
These feelings of
Emptiness,
Loss,
Fear,
Numbness,
All present together
At the same time.
The black cloud
Suffocating,
Smothering,
Destroying all hope.
Nothing good in this
World is left.
Only tragedy and hate
Remain.
Only fear is felt.
The fear of what
Could happen
The fear of what
Could have been
The fear of failure
The feeling of abandonment,
Of Depression,
Of never being good enough
For anyone
To stay
The feeling of loss,
The loss of a friend,
Of support,
The loss of the people
Who are supposed to care
No matter what.
All together numbness
The hatred and resentment
Fades to nothingness.
Soon no emotion remains.
Empty.
Emptiness in the abyss,
The abyss of life.
No feeling but dread.
No happiness remains.
The yearning of goodness
That is emotion.
The pain of the loss
That has been felt.
The fear of falling,
Deeper,
Deeper,
Down the rabbit hole
Until no light remains.
Only rot,
Only destruction,
Only death.
But wait,
There it is.
That odd feeling,
One that hasn't been felt
In eons.
It's a spark.
A spark in the churning
Darkness.
Soon the spark
Fades.
Fades to black
But then,
There it is again
It's getting stronger
And stronger still.
It is pushing back
The black cloud.
Pushing back the
Numb.
It's taking over.
The happiness comes.
The depression fades.
All is right with the world
The light is beating the dark.
The depression fades
To love.
Love is the cure.
Love heals.
Love brings happiness.
Love brings hope.
Love brings
A spark.
