(untitled) -- a collection of experimental poetry [COMPLETE]

the oath

after J.R.R.Tolkien

darkness
darkness always looms upon horizons

it infests our hearts
and assails our minds
and transforms the greatest of men
into scoundrels

it is never easy to fight darkness,
but we must

for that is our duty
and that is our tradition

it is in our nature
to go through the darkness
and endure the wretched flames
it is in our nature
to emerge from these flames,
stronger and wiser than
we were afore

ours is a journey eternal
a succession of torchbearers
passing over scortching coals
to illuminate the winding path
ahead

for even in the darkest of times
when misery and hatred abound
and when all hope seems to be lost --
there is light

a candle burns brightest
when it stands alone in the dark

and such is a time when heroes arise,

heroes are those
that refuse to stay broken
those would dare to stare
Death in the face,

it is these men
and these women
to which we owe our light,

stand vigil undaunted,
stand vigil forever --
we fight for the meadows
and the stars and the hearth.