River Crossing

Exploring the dark side

River Crossing

Take me to a dark place
          where stone-blind bats see
          and ravaging rodents nest
          and a single candle's glow
          is swallowed by the void.

Take me to a dark space
          where spiritless sleep
          cocoon's my heavy limbs,
          curling into a tight sphere
          so no one will notice me.

Take me to that dark place
          where the suspended bridge
          from the living to the dead
          is camouflaged by river mist
          and I can cross unimpeded.
                    ~~~ Judi Van Gorder

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15 Lines
Form: Quintains with L1 repeated as L1 of subsequent stanzas.
Honorable Mention: March 2019

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