Lost in the Darkness

I was walking through a beautiful forest

it was a glorious day

the birds were singing

the sweetest melody I had ever heard

A cool breeze was entwining itself

through the leaves of the trees

giving them a voice

beyond human capacity to understand

They shared their ancient secrets

as I walked aimlessly in their midst

My joy was complete that day

and I was at peace

Vaguely I remembered

that another life awaited me

away from this place

of whispering trees

and hidden secrets

but so much was I entranced by my surrounds

that it slipped away from me

became lost somewhere

in the corners of my mind

Nothing mattered anymore

all sense of reality left me

as I wandered timelessly

through this place

of indescribable beauty

through this place

of dreams

of fantasy

wonder

and joy

So lost was I

in my forest of light

that I did not see the darkness

as it stole upon me

I did not understand that without the light

the forest would become a dark and foreboding place

a place of nightmares

of fear and loss

At first I was blinded by the light

by the beauty of all that surrounded me

but when the darkness came upon me

it rendered me sightless

I stumbled

cried out for help

but no one but the trees heard me

and they were heartless

and did not care

The once cool breeze

had turned into an angry beast

that sunk its cold fingers

into my flesh

I was lost

Unseen by the world

I fell to the mossy ground

aware of the creatures

that lived in its depths

but no longer caring

Anguish flooded my soul

I wanted to cry out

to scream and fight

but there was no point

no one would hear me

no one would save me

I was invisible

to the rest of the world

entrapped

in a cocoon of darkness

unknown

unloved

uncared for

Hopelessness came

and I welcomed it

I surrendered myself to the night

to the deep loneliness

that had always threatened

to overwhelm my soul

I lay helpless

in the darkness of that night

for countless hours

The trees stood all around me

like soulless sentries

keeping a merciless guard

over this lost soul

who had wandered aimlessly

into their midst

I felt the life seeping out of me

as the cold hands of the wind

made their home

deep within my bones

Then something stirred deep within me

a memory of the life I once had

of who I knew I could be

came fighting through the mists of my heart

I felt a jump in my spirit

as the spark of life

reignited itself within me

Slowly I opened my eyes

forced myself to rise

from the grips of death

Miraculously

through the forest of soulless trees

I saw

the light of a new day had appeared

Tentatively

I took a step towards the light

One

then another

until slowly

painfully

but with endless determination

I found my way home