Despair
This spirit that holds me, this answer to my trials, answers to no one, its unremitting darkness consuming all desire to seek a way out of its depths, no light strong enough to wrest me from a grip that drags me ever further down.
This prose poem is my response to Quadrille #93: Spirited Poems
— the prompt from Kim at dVerse, which is to use the word spirit
in a 44-word poem that does not require meter or rhyme.
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powerful, I can feel its hold… okay carry on 🙂
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🙂 😉
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That is JUST how despair feels – may it loosen its grip a little for all struggling.
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I’ve seen its worst effects on people. Sometimes it seems like an energy that wants to pull in all who are near.
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An accurate depiction of despair, to be sure! Well done.
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Thank you.
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I’ve visited that place myself. It is just like a vortex. (K)
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It is.
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To be told that yes, there is a light, by someone who hasn’t got a clue what it’s like to see nothing ahead is of no help whatsoever.
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Indeed. Sigh.
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The weight of that spirit… such a darkness that no light can ever pierce
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Yes, seemingly impenetrable.
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wow you connected strongly with the darkness, pray this is not your reality … it’s hard to conquer!
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Never this deep, thankfully.
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glad for you, but you obviously know it … stay safe and well 🙂
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Depths of despair, as it were…
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In a nutshell.
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May the light strong enough appear.
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Hope is the key.
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This is a perfect description. I felt dragged down just reading it. I’m glad to read above that this isn’t what you’re actually experiencing.
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Thank you, Merril. I felt it, but never surrendered to it.
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I know it well. Powerful description, Ken.
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Thank you, Amaya.
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