Abysmal

image credit: mikko lagerste

There is no answer

in the stillness of the darkness

except the silence of the night

so ghostly frightening

even a faraway glowing light

grows faint and dimmer

The quiet wind can’t be trusted

The  stars are too far away

to light up my loneliness

I know you will not walk with me

down the eerie dark path

and acquiesce my whims

I won’t solicit your company

I am acclimatized to loneliness

I shall befriend the frightening night

Seek courage in a depth of a whiskey glass

and forge ahead into the darkness

all through, all alone