Sonnet: The Light I Longed to See

The light I longed to see, the light of hope,
Is doused and damned; and as grim as the grave
Is now the night. Abandoned-blind, I grope
My way alone. “Is there not one to brave
The darkness of the night to comfort me?”
The blackness bellows back its answer , “None!”
Crawl down the path that fate has forged for thee.
For friend-forgotten, go thou art alone!”
But as the words roll down from mouth unseen,
A star, so thunderously silent, rends
The curtain of the clouds and like the queen
Of jewels dawns and down, down, down descends.
Her silence, soft and low, down from her throne
Speaks golden words, “My son, you’re not alone.”