I led you to a room in the centre of darkness
Where no light reached.
And I said to you,
“Tell me anything,
For here no one can see us or hear us,
Not even our shadows.”
“Here,” i said,
“We have nothing to fear.”
And you saw me in the dark and you said to me,
“But what of the shadows within us?”
I closed my eyes on the darkness and i said to you,
“If there are shadows within us, then surely there must be light.”
And you laughed a black ripple laugh and you said to me,
“Where does that leave us?”
I smiled a small black smile and I said to you,
“In a place much darker than we are.”
And you reached for my hand.
I reached for your hand.
And you said,
“It is nice to have something to lose.”
23.2.2020