The Speed of Dark

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Darkness consumes, darkness leaves none.

When light comes, dark is already there.

Always there when eyes are shut.

Always there when eyes are bare.


After months of dark, there is a spot of light.

Out comes the child like a roaring flame.

Time goes by, and the brightness of life

Dims and dims, and darkness reclaims.


Signs of life, signs of death.

A blazing light will reveal their sight.

Once it goes out, nothing is seen.

Once it goes out, nothing will fight.


The warming sun brings all life out.

The mourning dove perches on the building rim.

In a flash, the shadow appears.

In a flash, what's left is grim.


A lack of heat, a lack of presence.

When dark arrives, all will see.

Never will the blackness fade.

Never will the terror flee.


There is no light without the dark.

No matter what, the night will fall.

Nothing to lose, everything to gain.

Darkness devours, darkness takes all.

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