Darkness Invisible

You might say "black" when someone asks you how you're feeling. But are there fifty shades of black? By definition no, but why not reply "blacker than black?" While black is an absolute on the spectrum there literally are degrees of emotional darkness. Darkness Visible is title of Styron's memoir of depression. You may feel an international darkness as if the world were closing in on you like a person who takes the air out of a room. Do you remember, when you were a kid,  getting up in the middle of the night and getting lost in a strange house when you were trying to get to the bathroom? You totally lost your bearings and began to panic. The darkness is the darkness but it is the repercussions that you're now dealing with. Once the lights go out the trouble begins.

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