aphotic [ ey-foh-tik ] adjective 1. lightless; dark How can a life change so drastically, just from one single event? An event that sets everything in motion; a spiraling trail of lies and hidden truths, laughs and tears, flowers and bruises. A trail that, walking down it in oblivion, finding love and hate and all that's in between, leads to a dark pit with no distinct way out.