retreat

I disappeared

retreated

within

feeling the darkness

again

why

darkness is home for me

safe within

protected

as years pass by I see

retreat is necessary

for me

evaluating calculating

steps taken

observation

what worked what did not

safety called

I retreated

time holds close all of me

knowing to surface

waits

for the moment to rise

offering light in my

darkness

only then will revelation

reveal the why

I disappeared

NBS 12.29.24

remember, your smile is never gone

Nancy