I am adjusting to having finally found myself
In the shadows, in the darkness.
I discovered myself,
not crouching or hiding.
Not in a lowly fetal position do I cringe in fear.
The darkness, the shadows.
Quite to my surprise yet fear do I stand.
I stand in the darkness.
Lurking, with my dagger in one hand, my whip in the other.
There I stand, a menacingly watchful eye fixed upon the inhumanes.
They scurry about in their futile lives.
You may sometimes hear the chains as I walk,
clanging as I run after them.
Prey, not an innocent victim.
I am no liberator. I do not rescue.
I embrace my darkness, they do not welcome it.
Torment is all I give them. They cannot accept.
The fear is palpable, intoxicating.
My soul sits comfortably in the depths of darkness.
A log bleached by the sun still lies isolated on the shore,
Oblivious to it's journey, it sits in pain.
It must learn the journey, it cannot change, it must accept.
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Amanda Lyons
Eclectic stream of consciousness and dark surrealism. What photography does for life I do for thought, emotions, and experiences. The genres can range from romance to horror but my favorite is suspense.
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