5/52 Darkness

This weeks prompt was Darkness.  This like shadow was hard for me but for different reasons.  I am not very good at shooting on a low aperture plus I don't know where my tripod is.  You would think with it being dark here so much of the time it would be easier.  But it wasn't.

 It is well, it is well, with my soul.

I have a hard time not associating darkness with spiritualness. I often in the dead of winter here in Alaska feel dark and empty due to the season changes. I have to remember that spring is just around the corner. Then there is the few times during the winter when I have come to terms with the darkness and I get to feel at peace with the darkness. This week is one of those. It is a good week.
It is well with my soul.

Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
darkness be over me, my rest a stone;
yet in my dreams I'd be
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!

There let the way appear, steps unto heaven;
all that thou sendest me, in mercy given;
angels to beckon me
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
-Sarah F. Adams, 1805-1848