…with the shadows

My heart is broken and my pain consumes me
embracing the void within
I succumb to the darkness that beckons to me
the night calls to my soul, whispering my name
from the far corners where no light bleeds
I stand at the edge of the abyss
craving the silence, the peace of invisibility
I ache to slip away, to sink like a stone
fathoms deep into the dark ink of time
erased from the very face of the earth
to drift weightless in empty space
as my demons dance with the shadows
stepping off the edge I offer my surrender
suddenly lighter, I am falling
in retrograde motion, time is rewinding
a sense of peace a stillness of the mind
awakens a part of me, a part of me that was once lost
now suddenly breaking free under the cover of darkness
releasing butterflies of light into the fleeing night
and stirring the perfumed winds
that carry me back to me
© Ann Bagnall