I am in the dark, a deep well, <br />yet you can see me <br />looking down from above. <br /> <br />Matter is wrapped around me, <br />water and moist air cling to me <br />down here <br />away from you, <br /> <br />or so it seems. <br /> <br />Down here, <br />lost in the shadows of <br />my own little world. <br /> <br />Looking up <br />through the pillar of darkness <br />I saw you in a bright circle of day <br />shining above. <br /> <br />I really saw you there for a moment, <br />leaning kindly over the circular stone wall, <br />looking into my world, <br />light shining from your kind face <br /> <br />and for a moment I was with you. <br /> <br />Oh my beloved, lift me out! <br /> <br />And I will be gone, <br />emptied over your fields, <br />where you are, <br />the seed of everything worthwhile. <br /> <br />O you, my great and generous friend <br />who helped Joseph, thank you <br />for looking after me now <br />and evermore.<br /><br />Ian Trousdell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/awareness-i-am-in-the-dark/
