Long Dark

This is the long dark.

We are in it now.

Warm hearts chill

while the sun stays low.

Dawn becomes dusk.

Night steals the day.

Time passes, but slowly

when the light goes away.

This is the long dark.

The winter of discontent.

Warm hearth and bright feelings

thwart isolation and resentment.

Darkness seems to engulf all

but there is still a path here.

Greet despair with caring,

Lift up hatred with laughter.

This is the long dark.

Embrace enemies as friends

A black soul darkens all that it touches

but love wins in the end.