In the Darkness

I sit 

in the quiet of deep night

in the intense space

 just before the dawn

 

i stare out the windows

which stare

back at me 

like hollow eyes

 

and there is nothing there

no sense of

the world that lies there

silently

waiting for the sun

just blackness

nothing to be seen

then slowly the blackness softens

small patches 

of steely gray

reveal

vague shapes

a sense of space

then finally

dawn comes

creeping through the 

trees

infusing the black and gray world

with color and 

shape

definition

sometimes

it seems like life is stuck

in that dark world

just before dawn

and then

like a light in the darkness

love

wisdom

hope

God

 

comes

 

to light my path

and create a new day