And Then There Was Light

I didn’t trip like you would

On a jagged sidewalk

I surged into darkness  

A mission lacking intent

Like demolishing an ideal home

Shifting from a world of crisp air

Unforgettable sunsets

To the devastation of a mind

where doors rip off hinges

Plates meet the yellow wall

Mockingbirds silence

And the breeze takes cover

Held in a vacuum

Battling for release

Hush surfaces

Light cascades

Wind billows

A world reclaimed

The lush of the grass

Tickles my bare feet

The earth that swallowed

Released

What I know of darkness

Is in its aftermath

Light shimmers

The mundane extravagant

Gratitude, it swells