Night locked you in its chamber
Thoughts circled like a blade
A single harsh inquiry
Cut through the life you made
Silence met that sentence
Chest held the jagged cry
A stillness deep as oceans
Refused a simple lie
From far within that chasm
Glow rose through heavy grief
A tiny wordless purpose
Reached up to give relief
Hold this buried answer
Let meaning gently live
Light waits in the canyon
Below the question “live ”