i stood in the darkness
screaming
with no sound
sudden movement
i reach out to catch
a distraction to shatter the quiet
success!
but it is elusive
slipping free of my grasping fingers
escaped, fading
collapsing, tired
to the formless ground
staring blank eyed
and numb
at nothing and everything
time passes
a light flashes
ignored
tired of grasping
for nothing
again, it flashes
brighter this time
my eyes flicker
catching a glimpse
of its radiant perfection
in fear I turn away
afraid to darken the light
closer still it comes
i step away
but my curiousity wins
i peek again
there! within its brilliant form
a mote of shadow dancing deep within
tentatively I reach
fingertips brush across its form
bliss, delight, seduction
wonder fills my soul
the light swirls
encasing me in a
joyful vortex
enclosed within happiness
calmness replaces confusion
safety replaces lonliness
love replaces pain
and the darkness flees


Penned by my hand on the 16th of Vita, in the year 468 AD.