darkness is a path i do not choose lightly
but a choice i did make regret-tingly so
my thoughts betray me
my emotions encompass me
to the point of no return
as if a thousand daggers thrust into me
and a thousand prayers could not save me now
they do have a habit of seeming
unanswered in any case
have i lost hope?
...
hardly
merely the hope of saving the past
a past in which is deeply unforgiving
a new hope emerges even so
a future filled with uncertainty
the only thing life truly promises
unwavering uncertainty
for better or for worse
~SV