“Darkness”

Darkness within
Darkness without
To my eyes all seems dim
Through the shadows my heart crys out

It is everything
It surrounds

There is no morning
No brightly lit sky
In this blackness my soul is burning
No waters can quench no matter how much I try

It is all
It consumes

The darkness fills me
It controlls my very being
Never loosenig it grip enough to let me free
I search though these shadows to find it meaning

It is nothing
Yet it is all

The shadows enrapture the minds delite
Seeing all those who pass me by
Cursing the name of those who walk in the light
The only peace that I find is to lay me down and die

It is death
It is life

For shadows strike fear
Where light once shone
And darkness consumes all we hold dear
For the night has a power all its own

It is the end
While it was the beginning

Coming forth from darkness to light
Was how I began this life
to their surprise I chose the darkness of the night
The end is the same light to dark, the end of my strife

For the darkness within
And the darkness without

They cuse my very being
Not knowing the pleasures of the night
Not able to feel what I am feeling
Do they not see that too much light blinds as much as the darkest night?