DESPERATION

I am alone, here in the darkness, in the shadows of the world.
All around me there is nothing but the emptiness of my hopes and dreams.
From a distance, I hear the faint cries of joy and laughter.
Happiness is but a foreign feeling to me now.
As the night grows darker, I feel more of the hollowness which sinks into my heart,
Stabbing me as if I were to die.
I sit still as the wind blows, and the field of flowers and grass sway back and forth, back and forth. 
I feel the hot tears streaming down my cheeks as I reach out for a hand, but get nothing in return. 
Raising my head in desperation I hoped to find an answer, or an end to it all.
Staring at the vast ocean of blackness above me,
I see tiny twinkling lights that go on and off, on and off. 
Then I see a big bright ball that lights up the sky and everything in its sight.
Slowly I raise out my arms to this light, this hope, that I have longed for, for so long.
Gradually I come out of the shadows, no longer feeling the sadness that had once plagued me. 
The light is my dream, my rescue and my joy. 
Although so far away, 
I know one day I will reach this light,
And no longer will I be in this desperation.