Missing

MISSING             © By (name removed for post) 5/7/08  In fetal pose,                                       Safe, warm in a corner                        Enveloped by shadows                       That no one can see                             Not even me                                          No day or night,                                  Light, never enters here                      Black velvet quicksand fog                Draws me more inward,                                  Deeper than deep                                  Pray for relief—                                  What, does no answer come?             Pray for a rescuer—                            But does no one hear?                        Loneliness enters                                   Loneliness lies                         beside me at midnight                         Roots thrust deep with thirsting         Feeds on sighs and tears                     ‘tilHeart and soul consumed,                  I fade into darkness, unseen~~~*