~by Light of Darkness~
~BY LIGHT OF DARKNESS~
SOMEWHERE 'LONG LINE OF MY YOUTH,CAME AN CHANGING OF GUARD...
AN SUDDEN SHIFT OF HEART,STOLE MY ENJOYMENT OF EXISTENCE
FROM LIES OF COVETED CONTENTMENT,I WAS ROBBED OF MY STRENGTH
OF AN NET SPREAD BROAD AS HORIZON,MY WINGS WERE LASHED AT MY SIDES
FORGIVEN ARE MY ADVERSARIES,BUT FORGETTING IS INFEASIBLE...
TH' BITTERNESS I'VE EXCHANGED,FOR POSSESSION OF PRICELESS WISDOM
MY BELITTLED BONES ONCE BROKEN,HAVE HEALED TWICE TH' STRONGER
AFTER MANY YEARS OF UN'WARENESS,I NOW QUESTION NOT MY PURPOSE
OFTEN I'M ACCUSED AS SINISTER,AS EYES OF BEHOLDERS I TEST...
OF THIS I OFFER DEUX RIDDLE...IS TH' IMAGE IN AN MIRROR BUT OPPOSING?
ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY COIN NOT,BUT BOTH SHARE EQUAL WORTH?
THERE IS NOT ONE THAT I HATE,BUT AN TALLY OF INTENT I DO ABHOR
'LESS MY SPIRIT PROVE IT SABOTAGE,I DENY NONE LONGING FONDNESS...
'TIS SOMETHING I CAME TO REALIZE,THAT THROUGH DARKNESS IS AN PATH
'PON TREADING WITH DEATH AT HEEL,WE SHINE BRIGHTER NEXT WANDER...
...TO STUMBLE OUR LESS TH' MORE,IN AN FUTURE JAUNT'S NEXT PASS
~AZAZA~'09
Copyright © Randall Martin | Year Posted 2010
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