I’m in a dark place right now. It will pass, and I know that. I’m very good at focusing on that light at the end of the tunnel, no matter how dimly lit it may be. But in the meantime, I want to embrace the darkness. I don’t want to ignore it. I don’t want to deny it. I want to feel the darkness.
The short story is that my brother witnessed a freak accident that took the life of a close friend. It wasn’t a fast moving event. It was slow and painful. And there was absolutely nothing he could do about it. Nothing.