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Darkness Ebbs
Contributed by
Decahedron
on
Tuesday, 20th December 2011 @ 10:49:30 PM in AEST
Topic:
fantasy
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Darkness Ebbs
The black of night pressing evenly against the window’s glass
Shudders and cringes against the onslaught of the dawn
The ugliness and beauty of the darkness sheds a bitter tear
For nighttime knows that as the earth turns, it will soon be gone
Like a photograph fading with the destroyer called time
So fades the inky blackness from which nighttime draws its fame
Just as the petals of the perfect rose eventually shrivel and die
Thus it is with the night, as it sulks back to the murky depths from whence it came
A faint laughter is heard on the horizon. The evil sun comes.
Slowly warming, drying, shriveling, burning, killing the life that it once gave
The bloody battle rages. The sun’s hot sword cuts into night’s heart.
The darkness falls back, receding, slowly losing, returning to its grave
The darkness all but gone, dew dries, moisture rises
The evil green life sucks the suns unknowing gift, growing stronger
Soulless birds in the air, feeding on the unsuspecting creatures beneath
Sunshine beats down mercilessly, knowing its reign won’t last much longer
The morbid heat of noon passes, shadows grow tall
Darkness twitches in its sleep, dreaming of the battle lost
Try as it might, the heat of the sun ebbs as the land starts to cool
The fight is not over, the sun strains to win at all cost
Power weakening, the sun slumps and slouches toward the horizon
Fearfully sensing darkness awaken, opening its cold black eyes
Once again the battle erupts, the darkness, strong, the light growing weak
Nighttime leaps up and engulfs the land again and darkness once more rules the skies.
© 2009 Decahedron
Copyright ©
Decahedron
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2011-12-20 22:49:30]
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Re: Darkness Ebbs
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by aliopterix on
Tuesday, 20th December 2011 @ 11:55:55 PM AEST
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| Such imagery alone is worthy of comment but the whole presentation of this piece is excellent - - thank you - - Aliopterix |
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Re: Darkness Ebbs
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by Former_Member on
Wednesday, 21st December 2011 @ 12:16:54 PM AEST
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Mmm mmm. Ya painted a coupla pictures with this little ditty 'n' yer 100% right as far as I'm concerned. I liked this one!
wabl
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Re: Darkness Ebbs
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by Daniel_L_Bamberg on
Thursday, 29th December 2011 @ 01:16:12 AM AEST
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An amazing use of imagery although at times too wordy for its own good. All in all a wonderful interpretation of light and dark and a splendid way to romance the two with similar polarization.
Well done!
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