Dark Streets
~ djl

I have walked these dark streets
Far too long
Glancing back and forth
Side to side
I see shadows...
Greyness.

Everything around me
Seems to emanate darkness
As it engulfs me
Thickening by the moment
The sun is gone
The moon doesn't want to show itself
And I continue to walk...

Walking these dark streets for years
A cat creeps nearby
A dog yelps in the distance
I am this cat
I am the dog
Creeping silently through the dark
Screaming out for help

Shadows from above
And shadows from below
Shadows from all sides
Seem to grow forever
Endless...
Never pleased
Until they cover everything

Like the waters of the red sea
Drowning
Burning
Destroying
Like the waters that God reigned down
Forty days and forty nights
But where is my ark?
You can cry out all you want
But that doesn't stop the waters
From drowning you
Burning you
Destroying you and everything you hold dear

When the end is at hand
The dark waters cover this street
Creeping up
Like that cat that creeps by
Inch by inch
Stalking it's prey
For I am also the mouse
Terrified
Yet somehow prepared to face this torture

I think
And I pray
To this God
This God
Who brings the waters 
That drown me
Burn me
Destroy me
And force me to swim...



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