1.25.15
“Darkness can be an ally.” -Chaparral
“Darkness can be an ally.” -Chaparral
Dark Ally
I sit atop an
open tower cloaked in Darkness.
Deep in my
heart is only night,
fear runs a finger down my spine,
and a shiver moves my soul.
fear runs a finger down my spine,
and a shiver moves my soul.
I yearn for
light
but darkness stretches
as far as I can see.
but darkness stretches
as far as I can see.
I open my
mouth
to shout a defiant yell.
to shout a defiant yell.
Instead,
the darkness
muffles
the sound and
pushes it,
the darkness
muffles
the sound and
pushes it,
pushes it
back
down.
back
down.
I choke on
the blackness
that begins to fill me up.
that begins to fill me up.
I consciously
pause…
hold the dark
in my mouth…
refusing to drown.
And suddenly,
I am aware of a spark on my tongue,
I am aware of a spark on my tongue,
a dark
shimmer
that infuses my being.
that infuses my being.
I pull
those sparks
deeper
into my being.
deeper
into my being.
Absorbing ever more of the darkness,
the darkness
carrying silver,
until I can
hold no more.
And still,
I push down
and compress,
compress it all,
to make more room.
Until I
realize,
it needs to come back out
it needs to come back out
and I
Explode.
I explode with
fireworks of sparking dark,
spreading the Milky Way
in
a
path.
spreading the Milky Way
in
a
path.
In a path
back to the edge of time, where I stand.
I stand atop
an open tower,
throwing off
a cloak of Light.