The flags contort and distort
In the air
Writhing in the wind
Nations proud, lie
Humbled at their knees
What is done in the dark
Shall be brought to the light
In full view and truth
Tag: Light
Goliath
I face a mountain
That looms over me
Its spikes and crags
I feel pointing through my soles
I’m cold
Warmed fear
Fear that washes over my body
Rinsing me from head to toe
A wave clearing sense from skin
But like the shepherd boy David with his sling
Shadowed by the mighty Goliath
Clad in gleaming golden armour
I will scale that mountain
Its spikes sneering
Its peak glaring
To rise with battered hands and feet
Calloused from wear
To feel the sun shine upon my face
Cleansing me of my fear
Leaving this mountain beneath me
Only to see the next mountain, higher
Another chance, to feel closer
To that light
Shining Face
Stand tall
Taller than your shadow
Overshadow yourself
Let the sun stop at you
And not pass through
Don’t hide from it
The light will shine
Bringing colour to the dark
Where you lay, curtains drawn
The light fighting through the cracks
Trying to find your face
Night Terror
Fire!
Leaked from the stars
The endless night
Raged
At the thought of light
Awake!
Men of Steel
Stand sharp and tall!
A thousand teeth
Unsheath and set themselves
To work on flesh that now hangs from bone
The hot fangs melting steel to skin
Awake men!
Stand sharp and tall!
The light will come for us
In the end
Starlights
The stars mate in the night sky
A cluster of stars giving birth
To light after light
Until all that we are
Is pure white
A Man With No Lights
You made me
You held me
And let me loose
A man with no lights
No signs so that I could be led
You lost me in the dark
Left me there
But I learnt that you could not teach with words
But with experience, and I’m a better man for it
Fading Lights
I’m lost in a fog of doubt
I’m on good terms with everyone
But I’m friends with no one
I know how to act
And how to be
I know what to do and to say
But I’m losing the light inside
The more it fades
The more desperate I try to grab it
But you can’t possess light
It’s just there or it’s not
Last light
The light grew dim in my room
I could tell it was fading away
I outstretched my hands from bed
To play with what light was left
I let it fall to my palms
Dancing on the tips of my fingers
Rolling up my arms
Warmly hugging my skin
Jumping into my eyes
Until the light leaves me
The room grows dark
My arms, limp
A sunny morning
Further down on the road
The birds fly by my side
Singing gentle songs
Fluttering their feathers
Banishing the darkness
With the beats of their wings
Gracing my ears
With a morning chorus
The sun rises
The way is not so dark
A sunny morning
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