Sadness

I feel I`m entering a tunnel

All dark, damp and bad

The sunshine has all gone now

There`s only hard times to be had.

With each step the darkness grows

Wrapping itself around my heart

The walls are closing in around me

It`s frightening that I`m falling apart.

Happiness and laughter seem far away

It`s cold and damp and dark in here

I`m tip toeing forward carefully

Sounds are so muffled, nothing clear.

What was sunny and bright around me

Seem nothing more than illusions

Reality has taken a hold

Now I have to find solutions.

Hoping there`s light at the end of the tunnel

I will tread slowly and with care

I need to get through this in one piece

Never more to dream...I swear !!!

This poem came about as a result of stressful and traumatic events in my life,  the tunnel was a changing point and once through, I was able to pick up my life again. It was a very dark time and I found it easier to put my feeling down in poetry than talking to people about it all.