In the black

Posted byPhillip Knight ScottPosted inPoemsTags:, , , , , ,

What mystery lives in the black,
those dark corners where light
fears to enter, abandoning 
sharp edges for the comfort 
of round sides and smooth edges.

The charade may encircle us (eyes
blind the gust of puzzles pointing us
in the wrong direction) binding us
to this place in knots of fear
that only the unrevealed can tie.

I choose to embrace the dark,
the baffling ambivalence that bubbles
when we feel underwater, though
the lake remains half full 
whatever lurks beneath.

Phillip Knight Scott | © 2019

Written for dVerse Poetics: On Shades of Black

Published by Phillip Knight Scott

My name is Phillip. I am a Tar Heel born and bred and watch every Yankees game I can. I'm still searching for my own TARDIS. My first novel, "The Alien in the Backseat," is available now! https://amzn.to/3oVCG77

36 thoughts on “In the black”

  18. I too embrace the “dark side” and take the path less traveled. Partly because that’s the map the Universe handed me and partly by choice because I got sick of fighting it.
    ~Cie~

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