Lights go out
All alone
No one there to help me up
As I stumble and fall
I cry out
No one answers
No one there
Need help
I want to get up
But I can't find it
It's too dark
So I lay there
Curled on the floor
Tears fall, silent
No one would hear them anyway
Lay there
Clutching at what I cannot see
Wondering if it's even there
Am I really there
Is this even real
Am I real
It's so dark
It's so quiet
I am so alone
I am alone...
I am...
I...

Then
A touch
Real and warm
Someone is there
I can't see them
I hear the ruffle of feathers
A gentle tinkle of bells
A voice calls
"It's okay," she says,
"I'm here.
I won't leave you"
I can't see her
But I know she's there
Though all is shadows and silence
She alone is real
I clutch the hand I cannot see
She holds me in the black
Though I cannot see to tell
I know she smiles down on me
And though the night weighs just as dark as before
I feel lighter, on the inside