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i have seen the darkness that would consume me,
like a black fabric in a starless night;
a woolen blanket without the warmth.
Everyday it will devour me from the inside,
until only but an empty shell remains;
a lonely memory of a past that was living.

it will swallow me like the waves of an ocean;
drowning as the sand in swirling black waters,
and there i would dwell, drawn from the light
with no notion nor care of day and night,
not even the sound of breath to surface free,
only but the beating of my heart will profess.

in my mind i would seek thoughts of comfort,
but fail languidly as they are no longer mine.
into my own heart i would turn, and hope for life.
like a clinging vine against the edge of a sword,
warmth would slip away from my very veins,
unto a false heaven wherefrom is the darkest.




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2005-05-30 9:30pm
@home, philippines
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