Speck of Light

The taunting and the clamor,

turn a deaf ear to the din
to the darkness and the void
of the silence within.
Reaching through pitch,
Through the horror and the pain,
Grasping for the speck,
longing for the sane.

St[illness],
Pa[ran]oia,
Et[her]eal hallucination,
Caustic [life]lessness,
K[now]ledge through sedation.

The light never came

as patiently she waited
for the speck, for the sign
of her faith unabated.

M.G. Alves, Jr.