companion

walking down the dark
and lonely road,
clutching my fears
certain that if I let go
they'd overwhelm
I felt a warmth steal into me
and a strange luminosity
gathered round, gently
opening my clenched fist
I let go
and oh!
the lightness, the certainty
the bliss that filled me
and I found myself
back amidst the ones I love
grateful for another chance