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LoneWolf
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0 posted 2001-04-11 01:04 AM


“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?


It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.

I've learned that even when you

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Allan Riverwood
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1 posted 2001-04-11 10:26 AM


Good job!  I noticed the titles of your three latest posts seem to work together somehow..... this is interesting, I'm off to read the others.  
~Allan

Love is like the wind; it can suddenly blow softly in your face or it can come strong.
~~Aaron (Low Man's Lyric)

Dark Enchantress
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2 posted 2001-04-11 11:06 AM


I'm glad someone finally sees what I've been seeing. Well, I'm sure you've thought this way for a long time but this is the first from you that I've seen. I saw your title and was curious about how you'd write about darkness. You didn't disappoint me.  

Just be careful that you don't let it consume you as I did at one point.

Excellent read.


I had a dream once that I could fly and I laughed at everyone and kicked them in the back of the head because they couldn't fly too.  

[This message has been edited by Dark Enchantress (edited 04-11-2001).]

banburycross
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3 posted 2001-04-11 11:31 AM


You have written about the need for darkness, the need for light, and a need for a balance between the two, and you have done a beautiful job.  this set of poems is incredible and i have enjoyed reading them very much.

Sometimes, the things that go unsaid are the only things worth hearing.

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4 posted 2001-04-11 03:19 PM


This is a wonderfully written poem, Dark!  I LOVED it.. I loved the style.  Very unique.. Awesome job.

--Marie

"Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul."  --Emily Dickinson

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5 posted 2001-04-11 08:49 PM


This was great! I liked this.
Yet another fine poem by you!

I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

Attack Ferrit
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6 posted 2001-04-11 09:29 PM


amazing poem. i really liked the end.

everything is skin deep

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