Darkness

      Heavy, unforgivable dreams, despair,
      Hard breathing, the omnipresent air,
      Whistle beneath my brain a tribal tune
      Uncaught by inner ear since Stonehenge rune.
5     Waking in a shuddered fever
      Unconscious of pattern or the weather,
      Ripped apart by an ambulance scream,
      Torn to storm-cloud crepe in dreams,
      The question presents itself undressed:
10    What's happening? Where's Death?
      What's my cause, my case, my crux?
      Horror stirred to eloquence
      Returns the steady stare,
      Blatant or beady, that I did not dare.
15    By failure of vision we unite
      Where all the candles refuse to light
      At the black bottom of a bowl or ditch
      Where every nerveless hand fumbles for the switch.

 

From the collection "The Sword Inside"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

More information available on gregglory.com.