There is no disagreement, no mutiny, no desertion Only a quiet acknowledgement as the men get back to work The signalman returns to his signal, Throughout the day, he will never stop relaying the events. The sound of the oncoming horde grows louder, Rifles crack, The horde is upon them, assaulting the outer wall The […]
The wild unforgiving landscape, The perilous heat and, The untamed sun. A fools conquest the land was. Dawn comes to the very boundary of empire, standing on the uncontrolled border. A string of forts stretch long and thin, covering the horizon with their power. Dawn breaks as the men wash and meditate, affixing there turban […]
I have been stuck at home, Stuck for so long; My thoughts a mess, encapsulated as if there were no getting out; I look out the windowsill, onto the deserted pathways; Wishing I could be the one, walking blissfully down one; Every day I open the window wishing for a wisp of fresh air; I […]
“Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.” ― H. Rider Haggard Stand tall, don’t look downYou will fallWindswept and spun aroundWe are small I’ve been moving slowly, Reaching out for you to hold me,Keep on blinking at the moonKnow that I’ll be there real soon And it’s a lonely, lonely […]
At 2 am, I lay in bed, Thinking what a day. I hear a rumble, Was it the train that zips past, disrupting every time I try and sleep, The shouting the screaming, the clattering of the tracks; Was it a rock slide on the adjacent hill, The rocks and soil speeding down, Making me […]
At the edge of the abyss I lay, clenching onto my life; The cold creeps onto you, like a chill running up the spine. These last breaths are all I have left, Still thinking about what lay ahead; I see some stars, flickering from the unbound expanse. They’re calling me, I can hear it; Whispering […]
I am what I am, and that’s all that I am. — Popeye, The Sailor man This being my first post on this blog, I’d like to tell you a little about myself. Starting off with the name of this blog; I chose ‘Where The Darkness Hides’ simply because the darkness has always intrigued my […]
Where The Darkness Shines 