Found

I'm walking alone in the dark, lost, forgotten, and sad. Forgetting all that I had. As I walk alone in the dark, I see a light in the distance, but I fall into too much resistance. The dark is holding me back from the light I see in the black. I walk, I run, but there's no sun, not a bump or a crack.

I begin to feel that I see a person walking next to me. Is it possible I'm not alone in the darkness that now is my home? This person takes up my hand and lifts me as if from the sand. He tells me that I'll be okay, and asks me if I'd like to stay. I point towards the light as his face turns to delight. "You cannot get there alone, but I will not leave you on your own."

I look then to the light which seems almost twice as bright. I look back to the man and realize He is gone. I again begin to feel alone, until out of the darkness I see shining people walking towards me. As they come closer and closer to me, I realize how great they must be. They look down at me with a smile as though that had known me quite awhile.

My memory came back to me, and I remembered who they used to be. My friends, my wonderful friends, who had come with me to the end. But they picked me up and carried me down to the light I had seen. Free, I was free from the lonely dark that had held me! My friends, my wonderful friends, had picked me up and saved me again. I knew God knew what I needed because He is always there for me.

 

-Mitchell L.Clark