by Robert Rogers

Created on: January 21, 2010

My memories or but a shadow of what is and what was real

As I look back to the deeds of my past I see them as if through a vail

I see myself, alone, tattered clothes hung loose upon my form

My face down, as if ashamed of something I'd done

The rain pours down relentlessly around me

Each drop pounding into the ground as the one before it had

Constantly falling to it's demise, not unlike my thoughts

My nightmares, where I see myself plundering towards the earth

A thousand knives below, one each for a deed I've done

Ready to impale me, waiting eagerly to end it all

And just before I would met my end head on

I wake in a dark room, the curtains blowing wildly

The lights flicker out as the storm just beyond my window rages

My mind,still numb from sleep,as I slowly pace towards the window

The only form of light are sudden flashes of lightening,

Penetrating like jagged daggers in the unholy darkness.

The rain stings my face and arms as I shut the window

The lights flicker back to life, driving back the darkness

The storm outside begins to cease

Once again I am safe from my darkness,

I am at peace

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