Reflections and Shadows

The Void

Aimlessly I once drifted,

into an all consuming Void,

until my life's motions,

were just replayed celluloid.

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Fading illusions which numbed,

were all my sightless eyes could see,

and breaths gone stale,

added to my sneaking misery.

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Further and further,

twelve steps at a time,

I became ensnared by the Void,

its darkness choking my mind.

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Pierced by black ice tentacles,

which strangled my beating fire,

the Void sucked more than marrow,

it slurped all my passion and desire.

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Trudging along with a rotting gait,

I was never able to weigh the cost,

since all my dusty particles,

to the Void seemed forever lost.

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Little were the Void and I aware,

that from the Realm where stars glow,

Fate had been ordained,

to send me a Light in the guise of a Shadow.

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So subtle and unassuming,

was the manner of my Light's advance,

that the Void plus I,

fell victim to It's infiltrating trance.

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With claws so fierce,

my Light did pull at me,

digging into my essence,

to from the Void set me free.

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Wailing and gushing,

my wounds made themselves known,

reaching and pleading,

I thought myself alone.

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Soothing my anguish with rays,

is how my Light chose to tend,

smiling away the sorrow,

is how my Light did mend.

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Leading with glints so precious,

my Light swore never to depart,

so ever near and never far,

is my Light's reach for my heart.

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So thank you always,

to my Light I wish to say,

for your joyous beam,

will always make me sway.