'It was less of a walk than a stutter / of feet edging across the floor / as if she was navigating the rim / of a volcano.' Photo: Cristian Newman / Unsplash.
Art thou in darkness?
'Art thou in darkness?' by Dana Littlepage Smith
by Dana Littlepage Smith
21st June 2019
Mind it not, for if thou doest it will fill thee more, but stand still and act not, and wait in patience till Light arises out of Darkness – James Nayler
It was less of a walk than a stutter
of feet edging across the floor
as if she was navigating the rim
of a volcano. At eighty, she needed
to proceed alone, without walker
