Out of the Darkness

Walking.
Through the forest.
Dark, cold, damp.
Enclosed.
No end in sight.

I panicked.

I thought it would never end,
all I wanted was to see light.
To stop walking.
I needed it to end.
He comforted me,
told me to breathe,
promised it was nearly over.
He promised it would get better.
Soon.

He was right.
Soon,
I saw the light,
in the distance
through the trees.
I saw light emerging.
It was true.

Everything was going to be okay.

Safely now,
in the light,
I looked back.
It was dark.
Black.
Life was drowning in there,
drowning in the darkness.

I turned and walked.
I walked
once again.
But not toward the darkness.
I walked to
light.
To happiness.

I am okay.

Now that I see the light,
I know that.


Megan