This Tunnel Has No Light at Its Ending
Black notes hang
in a barren equinox sky,
fade into a cry of
wonder that echoes
as though in a dark tunnel.
You balance the cup
of deep water before
a moment of stolen hope emerges
then abandon yourself
to pure gravity
before ripping apart the
warm core of your being.
Can you taste
the texture of wind,
that carries cries of forgiveness.
The memory of a crowing
cock haunts you
constantly, doesn’t it?
Life ebbs slowly when you
break your promises.
Doesn’t it?
Today, I am hosting for dVerse Meeting the Bar, Critique and Craft. We are playing with symbolism as used in poetry and literature. Can you identify the emotion I am attempting to express in this poem–a very old one that I rewrote?