Limericks about Darkness and Sorrow

If you’re a fan of conventional limericks, you may be accustomed to something more lightweight and laughable. But this series of limericks about darkness and sorrow ventures down the road less traveled. Uncommon territory for limericks perhaps, but a region all too familiar to the human soul.

Indeed, it seems at times as if we’ve been put on this world to suffer. Not every moment in life is a joy and a pleasure. But sometimes those moments of darkness can provide the most valuable education.

     Obfuscation  
     As shadows are cast they establish apartness
     Beware of the light and the surfeit of sharpness
               The sunshine can blind you
               But moonbeams remind you
     So take a step back and retreat into darkness

     The Enemy  
     I have an acquaintance who sometimes appears
     Whispering rumors of gloom in my ears
               The discouraging voice
               It leaves me no choice
     But to wait till the dark cloud of hopelessness clears

     The Kundabuffer Organ  
     There’s a primitive relic that hangs at your feet
     To remind you of weakness and moral defeat
               An ugly detail
               The ancestor’s tail
     But without it a man would be what? Incomplete!

     Kundalini  
     There’s a serpent entwined in the life-giving core
     Sinking down low but outstretching for more
               From Satan’s dark tail
               To the last open veil
     All frequencies humming to stir every pore

     A Sickness Unto Death 
     The self as a spirit condemned to despair
     Temporal, eternal, two aspects we share
               It wears down the patience
               To sort these relations 
     Though some never notice, they’re so unaware

     Meeting Mephistopheles   
     A Faustian bargain produces results
     Concerning the greed of consenting adults
               But they suffer the cost
               When their souls have been lost
     And lightning comes striking in thunderous bolts 

     The Shadow Knows 
     A saboteur lingers outside in the cold
     But the curse that he carries is worth more than gold
               It’s worse to deny it
               So why don’t you try it
     Invite him and welcome him into the fold

     Unbearable Lightness 
     The sky knows no bounds for the heavenly lark
     The grass never wilts when you walk through the park
               But joy has no place
               Until sorrow you taste
     For you can’t see the light till you’ve stood in the dark

     No More Lies 
     Disturbing the darkness the light intercedes
     Exposing the source of nefarious deeds
               Where monsters have slept
               With their secrets swell-kept
     In the shadowy corners where wickedness breeds

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