In This Darkness

Forgotten as I lie here.

Dirtied battered bruised broken

I feel life seeping from my veins

And I remember

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To my friends I promised

In a time long ago

“I will not give up,

I will not leave your side...”

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Together we are strong.

Fill in the cracks,

None are the better.

We support each other

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Those who oppose us...

Stand in our way...

Wish to destroy us...

Be crushed!

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But all things must end

And we departed.

Our trails diverging,

Our common road traveled

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My road is lonesome dark wintry

And my travels far from ended.

Upon my watch the glass turns once over,

My hour almost up

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Sand trickling down,

The darkness is surrounding.

Covered I cannot see

And dreams turn to nightmares.

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I float, alone in darkness.

The night sky I love to watch

Veiled from my sight.

My guiding lights lost

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Blood fleeing from my cheeks

Unnoticed as my eyes search

Not cutting through the darkness

But pierced by it

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My eyes see nothing...

Ears hear nothing...

Nose scent nothing...

But the sight sound smell of fear

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Its formless shape

Lodged in my mind.

Oppressing truth,

Reason is force out

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Here, alone in eternity

I can help no one.

My friends may call,

But my ears perceive nothing

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Nothing is given...

No response made...

Malicious silence echoing...

In answer to my question

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“Where are you...?”

I am forgotten.

Their promise forsaken,

Mine made obsolete

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The dark made colder yet.

A forlorn tomb of melancholy

Causing my blood to chill,

I begin to freeze

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Tears fall from these eyes,

Frozen into time immemorial.

Witness to my harsh solitude.

This fear is of desertion

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Thus I stumble and fall.

Knees scrapped,

Head cracked,

Darkness colored crimson

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Blood flow stopped.

Frozen it joins the tears.

Shattering in the cold.

Now only powder

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It falls as shinning snow.

Lightly I am covered,

Dusted in silver and scarlet

It constitutes... a grave?

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I am forgotten...?

I am dead...?

Courage is whispering

Stand tall once more

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A message from my friends

“We are here...”

Fears almost banished

Life re-enters my limbs

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Yet loneliness is stronger

And I slip once more

As it coats the ground

In slick betrayal of thoughts

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You are forgotten

The darkness rants.

Overwhelming the courage

My deepest fear is fueled

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I retreat farther inward

To fight my battle

With none by my side

But me, I and myself

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My friends are not here.

I have lost them.

Our end almost upon us,

Shall I be glad for it?

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The end brings finality,

Closed shutters, locked doors...

But I’ll find the key

Or better yet, forge one anew

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For I must believe in the end

We will still belong.

We are friends

And we stand together

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We will tell our tales...

Remember childhood dreams...

Old friends no longer with us...

But the end has yet to approach

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So I lie here forgotten,

With a promise of yesterday

And the hope of tomorrow

Fading in today

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Fueled by bleakness

The darkness grows deeper

Consuming my light

And enforcing my antipathy

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Then refuted

A champion arrives.

Lo, the sound of courage...

It has returned

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Banish the despair...

Heal the body...

Mend the soul...

My friends have come

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True to their words

Our time will come anon.

Once more into the future

We walk, hands joined

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We still have yet to live...

To grow old...

To tell tall tales...

And laugh at jokes

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The veil has lifted

And I can see clearly.

My time has not yet come

And the sand has yet to run out

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Covered though I was

I am not alone.

I have waken to the light.

That promise of forever