Darkness

A piece originally written about grief, but with many applications.

Do not be afraid of the dark.
Consume it, explore it, surrender to its cold embrace;
if you let it leave its mark,
it'll lead the way. 

Too often people fear that which they fail to understand,
a nocturnal path might be their guiding hand;
through thick and thin it will never leave -
it's hard to fathom what you cannot perceive.

And then, you'll find, a distant light,
weak at first, almost out of sight; 
growing brighter as you close the distance,
guided by blackness, a timeless existence. 

Finally, you'll find at the end of the pathway,
that darkness lead you to the break of a new day. 

                           

                                                            - Gabriel Gustafsson, 2nd of January 2016.

Author's Note

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