The darkness, encompassing
Is darkest before the dawn
Resisting light of change
Lost within the embrace of routine
That has been nothing more
Than ball and chain
Sinking and sinking
Beneath the ebbing wave
Into a world of silence
In the glow of an eerie light
A world so different from our own
With a color all its own
Shrouded in hazey grays and deeper blues
Deeper and deeper where only black remains
Below the surface
Lost, in darkness awaiting its dawn
A dawn forever in its coming
But a sun must rise
And banish the encompassing darkness,
Surrounding me