“The Dark Night” by Alison Lawlor
dark night of the soul
long running beyond
the marked moments
cadenced by beats of
the clock of the heart
no orbit of planets
will influence time
in the war between
bodily pain and cruel
tortures of mind
it can last for a lifetime
perpetual violence
wracking raw flesh
and blood places
the sunless and airless
pink spaces where
life should find
sweet affirmation
where body and soul
should reach blissful
concordium
nonetheless here is the
permanent battle engaged
pitting forces of spirit
against vicious powers of pain
every moonrise occasions
another new skirmish
enlarging the conflict
a blooding of more and more
cognitive acres
mortality never more vivid
than now in this deadly
dark night of the soul
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