--- title: When darkness closed in date: 2008-07-24T07:00:53Z modified: 2008-07-24T07:00:53Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/when-darkness-closed-in/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 271 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-07-24T07:00:53Z tags: - Life Poems --- walking down the road on a hot, sunny day i find myself walking alone on a normally busy [highway](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/waiting-on-the-highway.md)i look back look right look left nothing at all normally fierce wind has died down to nothing the sun is shining yet it feels cold all doors shut tight all narrow lanes barricaded cant go back the way i came cant stay glued to the same spot arming myself with a stick i slowly take one step at a time shaken by fear i claw my way back to my room time flew fast thinking about this when i realized the sun has gone down and the [darkness](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/darkness.md) of the night is upon us gathering courage i slowly make my way back to this “lonely” road making my way back to this road i stop at the sight i was witnessing the deserted road i had seen earlier has now come alive barricaded lanes now teeming with life doors shut tight now witnessing a steady stream of people in and out! confused and bewildered i stood there perplexed when darkness closed in and slowly engulfed me my [questions](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/questions-of-life.md) [found the answers i had been looking for](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/i-still-havent-found-what-im-looking-for.md)! —————————————— note: has multiple meanings.