rather than face

the comfort i know waits

in the familiar wall of color,

i study the white wall

that challenges me

 

not finding the anticipated emptiness,

i discover a way up

a grey so light

a white so bright

no end in sight

nearly lost in the whiteness

 

tempted by the dare

i almost miss the blackness

lying low against the white wall

 

weapons?

or protection?

or illusion?

 

no answers

only knowing

that’s me

covered in my blackness

deciding if I dare step into uncertainty

and climb

blindly, endlessly into the unknown

or turn to the color wall

where i will find welcome

and warmth

and the way home