Darkness

The dragon stirs in the desert. The mushroom stands in the forest.

The waves crash on the beach. Storm clouds roll. The earth shakes.

Plagues. War. Famine.

Stress. Isolation. Despair.

Senseless. Censors. Banned.

I was pushed into the shadows, thrown in a cell. Spirits surrounded me in the darkness. I searched for light.

“Find the light? You are the light,” they would say.

“I must return,” I told them

“We shall return, but first you rest.”

I would rest. Then rest became torture.

I would sleep. Then sleep became tiresome.

I must return.