The Dark

The Dark
I must learn to find my way in the dark
Learn to be alone
Loneliness is not the worst thing
Self-pity is worse

Learn to be alone with
The comfort of thoughts, dreams, ideals
Self-pity is worse than loneliness
Write your world with wise words

The comfort of thoughts, dreams, ideals
Fills the heart's emptiness
Write your world with wise words
Sing your sorrow in song, verse, metaphor

Fill the heart's emptiness with
Lofty contemplation
Sing your sorrow in verse, song, metaphor
Touch other's grief with love

Lofty contemplation of pure thoughts
Chiseled from the rocks of your own remorse
Touches other's grief with love
Learn to find your way in the dark.