There was a darkness
once
pitch black
even when
eyes opened wide.
In that darkness
hope
disintegrated
into
despair
until there was nothing left to do
but thrash about wildly
blindly
helplessly
grasping at air.
And therein lies
the gift of that darkness –
while helplessly grasping
blindly thrashing
wildly crashing
there came
a crack of
Light.