Take me, darkness, for I am a sinner.
Take me, darkness, for I have lost my prayers.

The maze my ancestors left behind—
I don’t know how to escape.
We were promised paradise,
yet I wander among the exiled.

Oh darkness,
I don’t know how to live well
in this crumbling world of yours.
And I fear what my daughter will inherit
from what we once called Mother Earth.

Hold me—my sister, my friend, my lover—
for I am so tired of fighting.
There’s nowhere else to go,
and nothing left to do
but grieve.

Be with me, darkness,
so I can learn
to be/breathe again.