“darkness doesn’t win” by Gwynneth Green

After Struggle (2015) by Matthew Klein

i cannot remember
a day
when darkness
didn’t cover me
in a cloak
when light
barely broke
through a crack
in the shade
when opening
the door
took every bit
of strength
that i no longer
had

you kept on calling
you kept on calling
you kept on calling
you kept on calling

never giving up

not letting
a sadness win
over me

you said
my strength is yours
your weakness is mine

together
we fight

and some day
you’ll see
you will fight
for me

darkness doesn’t win