GLOAMING

 and when I feel it most 

        i walk into the wilderness

i am safe there 

to unearth the darkest parts of me

concealed within the shadows

        beneath the tangles

the unspoken, unseen

the things i fear exposing

that i might be crushed

        by the weight of them  

but i listen as the trees whisper

        the beauty of the blackness

compel me to trust

for hidden deep

       in spaces sunlight never touches

exists the decay

       that nourishes new growth