Lost in dark places

Lost in dark places

10 silver coins, 10 day’s wages,

Two weeks of her husband’s toil

All she has for food and shelter.

One has gone, dropped and rolled.

Rolled and settled in a corner

It is lost

through no fault of its own:

It is lost

Content to be lost or found

For the woman it is treasure, lost treasure

What will her husband say.

She wants all ten

she needs all ten,                                        

nine will not do

So she goes to search

with  light and broom

Lighting up dark places

Probing even where the light can’t reach.

Dark places that host secrets

Dark places that must be exposed

Dark places where the coin is hidden

Before it can be found;

She searches every nook and cranny

She doesn't stop until its found.

The dark places have given up their secrets.

Dark places in every human life

Let’s have a party.

The lost is found.

[John George]