Black and Blue

As darkness closes in
I swallow hard
I close my eyes and nothing changes,
I think,
I concentrate,
I seek the light
but illumination evades me
The chase is on
but still darkness
it envelopes my entire existence
I can either freeze or stumble through it

I choose to proceed
and as I do, bruising is inevitable
the extent of which will not be known
until a dawning breaks through
but still
darkness
of the black and blue variety