Uncertainty

We sit in the dark 
You and I 
Listening… 
For the sound of hope 
Of a future 
That may lie 
Only in both our hands 
And yet 
Is prey to the ravages of fate 
We sit in the dark, 
You and I 
Wondering… 
If we will laugh once more 
That shared smile 
Of understanding and togetherness 
Of dreams we spun 
Out of the silver cobwebs of our minds 
Of lives entwined 
By a single purpose 
One that seems to have been set adrift 
In a sea 
Of uncertainty 
Discarded, abandoned, forsaken 
Only momentarily? Or forever? 
The day we can answer that, 
Is the day black clouds will precipitate 
To bring rain 
Rain-that will wash away all the pain 
And make us whole again.