Light in the Valley

 The valley of the shadow

    arrives not as a surprise.

      Like a hovering dark cloud

         it comes up to fill the sky

           taking with it bright colors

             and any semblance of light.

Swirling, dark, sucking up life.

 

No one wants to walk that way,

     what we choose not chooses us.

         it stands in the way of all

           whether we go fearfully, 

             or grab hold and go bravely.

               Regardless of how, we go

down into the valley below.

 

Somewhere in the dark we see

   what we thought we would not see,

     a mirage we think at first, 

       then a dim wavering light,

         one not to be overcome.

           one seen first before our birth,

now the Light bringing us life.