I am surrounded by darkness
It is not the dark matter sort of total darkness
This darkness is thick
Oppressive
Gluey
Permeating
Diffusing through substance
Unavoidable
Monotonous
Inescapable
It’s my own self
That’s it. Write to the Fledermaus or go and post your own poems at the Poetry Monster
- Gustave Doré[↩]