eleonne

Beyond the Bounds

Outside the door, I fear
the enveloping darkness that consume
the expanse with its choking grip.
Shadows of failed souls roam that unknown stretch of land,
forever lost, unable to get through the seemingly
endless stretch of gloom, their figures adding more
to the violent gravity of the darkness,
their light snatched from their very being.

So I stay confined to my abode.
It is safe here, no blackness will snatch
the light that I shelter inside of me.
But this light that burns in me,
slowly but surely, is fading and becoming
weaker, for what is day without night?
What is living, if I feel not alive?
I am safe here, in my own little room;
the door locked, the windows closed.
Here, I need not fear the shadows
for here, nothing happens.

Yet, if I remain here any longer,
my light will eventually burn out
and darkness will then devour me
together with my beloved little room.
And it will all end, even before
I have begun to live.

Thus, I now realize,
that to save my being
I must go, therefore,
open the windows, unlock the door
and walk into the enclosing dense darkness
brave the heavy black storms
evade the roaming lost shadows
and will myself to keep alive
what is left of my failing light,
and finally earn a light brighter
than the one now in my wretched heart.

For I know, beyond the bounds,
further away even from the land of darkness,
is a place of absolute luminescence
that will be able to rekindle the light
dying inside of me.
Heavenly place of radiance
where the grass is always green,
and a breeze is evermore flying.
There, I will find my true light,
that is for me and me only,
and my heart will shine brilliantly
for the whole world to see.
The grave darkness that I so fear
will cower from my embracing light,
and I… will finally become an angel…

I can fulfill my destiny
only if I undertake this journey…

And whether I emerge victorious,
becoming an angel with renewed light,
or diminish into the darkness
turning into a shadow with no light,
at least I have tried
and have felt alive…

~~Eleonne Prince

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