Illuminate

Will we see the light again?

The night is so dark

We sit afar, we sit close

Whispering to each other, laughing together

We are so happy…we have each other

…but there’s just that one thing

It’s too dark in here

Will he notice? How dark it is

Will he see, that we can’t walk?

That one of us lost a hand?

And the other never had one at all?

Can he see? that our eyes are sunken

Our necks are brittle

Our thirsty mouths and throat yearn for water

Lips, cracked and dry

But he is with us, even as we sit in the dark

We see him see us from his high and brightly lit corner

But maybe he didn’t see, maybe he can’t see

But what about his mind?

What goes through it at night?

That moment when he’s about to go to sleep?

Does his mind not see?

I may just keep wondering

as we wait

As we hope

That one day, someone,

Maybe not even him

will shine a light

And swallow up all the darkness