Why Can’t You See the Dark?

By Michelle Garren Flye

 
Why can’t you see the dark?

It creeps up on you

Concealing all that is bright—

Why don’t you see it?

Please see the dark.

Shadows fall and evening rises—

The sun is gone, leaving…nothing.

Please see it.

You’re blind to loss.

You don’t miss what’s gone,

The light you let go.

You are blind in the darkness.

You could still fight it.

The dark can’t take everything.

Maybe if you reach out

You’ll find the light again.