The Light

I’m floating

In the

Known.

All

Mine

Known

Familiar

Explored.

Everything I see

Is something

Comforting.

It’s my home.

The safety of

My walls.

The food

Cooking in the

Kitchen.

The soft

Music

Coming from the piano.

Until

I

Sink

Deeper.

It

Pulls

Swallows

Grasps

Captures

And

Tosses me

Into the

Unknown.

It’s the darkness.

The darkness

Swallows me

I don’t know

Where I am.

My home is

Gone.

Everything is different.

I’m

Lost

Helpless

In the

Dark.

But

Slowly

The light

It comes

I can see

It.

It grows

Swells

Expands

It gets

Closer

And closer.

Until I am

So close

I almost

Touch the soft blankets

Taste the fresh cookies

Smell the hot pancakes

Hear the music

I’m

Almost back

To my known

My home

My safety

My comfort.

But not

Close enough.

The darkness and

The light pull

At me

I can’t

Change

It.

I can’t

Affect

It.

I’m stuck

In between

The light

And

The dark.