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.