Burdens in the Dark

My world covered in darkness is all I seek. I would rather live and feel this pain, this burden everyday instead of being absolved of it. This burden allows those I love to stay in the light, never to know what I have done for them and allowing them to avoid this pain.

I choose to remember it all, to hold this pain and hardship so I may keep true to myself. This burden I have inherited, it comes with weights, a cage and chains. But the darkness helps. I have come to know this emptiness, as I have been cast into shadow. My heart has been caged and chained to my back, consumed by darkness itself. these weights are strapped to my feet. This all keeps me grounded, strengthening my resolve.

For it's this darkness and loneliness that fills me with strength. I have become cynical to this world but the vast emptiness of the dark calms me. I feel at peace in this void, caught between time and space. I watch as the darkness consumes. How will you handle it when the darkness calls for you, creeping its way into your soul? will you embrace it?