Flee Light

The darkness is my friend

a veil of ever-after smoke

keeps me safe

from the light

I cannot bear

to have soul open

to desert of belonging

and sunbeams

I once trusted and failed

I woke, began the fight

but shadow took spirit

and fled

to deepest corner of the night.

***

Do I dare to reach sun

once more

will spirit burn

in passion struggle

and deceit,

turn sour looks of love,

melt trust

into unending doubt?

***

How can I choose

where steps

will take me in the night

of forest dreams?

I long to be at home,

there is no key, no path

I have forgotten what it meant

to hold wishes

on wings

to trust the journey

into light.

***

Is my soul whole

or has shadow taken apart

last cloak

holding my dreams

unfrozen?

© 2022 Amy Christie