Dark.

Black.

Grey.

Only shades of shadows.

Quiet.

Muffled.

Sounds so close, yet so far.

The air was stuffy, the kind that makes it hard to breath.

The first time I saw light, I thought I was dead.

The tiny ray poking through the rough walls. So smooth and delicate I thought I would break it.

Break the light.

Break my only hope of escaping.

I pawed at the wall, but it didn’t break.

It ...

I feel a bit like the man who left the cave

Who told his friends their shadows were not all

Yet they seemed content to be enslaved

Gawking at the visions on the wall

But as I leave the cavern a free man

I cannot help but turn back towards my friends

There is bliss in what they cannot understand

A happiness I now can never feel again...

I have lived

My whole

Life

Surrounded by this darkness

Weeks passed

As merely

Days

But that was before you

You

You

You

Beautifully tragic you

A phantom I am always chasing

Your sunlight hits me

Embracing me

In a sliver of gentle light

Softly

You trace my face

Teasing me of your love

Scattering before I can truly

Kiss you

For a fleeting moment I am safe

Then the darkness envelops me once mo...

He had waited 14 years for this moment. The days felt as if they kept slowing down, the sun taking eternity to set and another eternity to rise once more. Now he was ready. Excitement overwhelmed him as he accepted the challenge. He stepped into the open world, his vulnerable soul on display for all to see.

He wondered around, exploring the new world that opened up in front of him. He saw other a...

I remember being 8. The first time I was aware of its presence. Sitting on the floor spiralling, sobbing because I could finally grasp eternity, death. The darkness had weaved its way in until it was all I knew. I didn’t expect to get better, no one could explain or diagnose, no one could save me from myself. I’d fall through time each word a sharp rock scratching my scar ridden arms as I passed t...

I opened up my wings, stretching them out as I a yawed. I breathed and smoke filled the cave causing the a little creature that scurried in to sneeze.

I heard the little fur-ball dash away and I, bored, followed it. Listening to the sounds of its paw steps sad scent to locate it.

It scurried farther and further away from the depths of the cave. It was almost at the spot where the cave widens, a...

Once upon a time

I loved

And I loved every moment of it

In the moment that is

Then

I fell apart

My heart was torn apart

I was torn to pieces

I became as fragile as glass

Then

I fell down

And no matter who tried to help

I stayed down

There where I was broken,

I rolled like a token

Into a place where my heart had shade

And at last

Again I felt safe

I closed the entrance

Locked myself inside

...

Alone I sleep

The dark with me

Silence deadly

It stays with me

As a guardian

A friend

Ripped from my home

My comfort stolen from

Blinded

Seeing nothing anymore

I want to go back

Back to the darkness

My friend

My guardian...

Deep within

The creature lies wake

We can hear it breathe

To our disarray

We hang from apartments

Cold and still

But out to the footnote

Here watching us

Is everything we lost

I’m the eyes of the devil

We’ll reach the next level

If god is watching us

This lets him know we’re lost

In this cave

On our knees

Begging please

To the glowing red eyes

Peering in

It seems we might win

Hero’s never die...

It cautiously reached out an amber paw onto the beige colored dirt outside the cave. It had never seen dirt in this color before. Dirt was dark brown, like the skins of the otters from the lake.

It’s paw landed on the patch of beige ground. There was a tingling sensation that turned into a burning. The creature yelped and drew its paw back.

But the creature was brave. It stuck its snout out an...