Ascending from the depths
Of my personal sea of sorrow

I feel the pressure in my body easing
As I get nearer to the surface
The abyss no longer a blinding darkness

My lungs struggle to hold in the screams
That will surely deplete the last breath of life
Left within my ravaged body

How close I came to succumbing to the wet blackness
How easy to just slip into the depths
And let the weight of my regrets
Carry me straight to the bottom

Ready to trade my last breath
For a cold refreshing drink of death

I somehow retained enough sanity
“Or maybe it was just instinct”
To use my last ounce of energy and will
To push off of the murky bottom
And try to return to the surface
Where hopefully redemption will be waiting

As I slowly rise towards salvation
I fight to stay calm as my heart pounds
And my mind races
Fighting the urge to flail frantically
Towards the surface

Where I can feel the suns forgiving rays
As it dries my waterlogged soul
and warms my chilled heart

  where I can exhale the stale and dead air within me
And inhale the sweet freshness of a new life

I am no longer lost,
for you have guided my way
with your loving light.

I am no longer alone,
for your shadow accompanies me
on my new life’s journey.

I am no longer afraid
for you comfort me
in your loving arms.

I can see clearly,
for you have opened my eyes
and have found life’s beauty and purpose.

You gave me your wisdom and reassurance
so that I may understand your love
and the truths of its meaning
within my own reality.

Playfully dancing
Around this strange light
Like a beacon it shines
On this warm and dark night

Calling us close
From our summer night flight
As its beautiful radiance
We are unable to fight

Mindlessly circling
And not understanding of why
But endlessly around
The strange light we all fly

Transfixed by its wonder
And a need to get near
But not daring to do so
Because it’s our death we all fear

But its pull is too strong
On the weak minds and their will
This beautiful strange light
That’s only purpose is to ****

So after many of tries
by the weak and unwise
With a zap and a spark
it takes their short lives

A Moth and a Beetle
Even a few fireflies
It saddens us all to hear
Their last painful cries

So cautiously we circle
The light on the wall
Until the dawn finally comes
And releases us all…

Are the “Things” that we have,
The “Things” we really need?
Are the “Things” that we want,
Out of necessity or greed?

“Things” are all the items
We are told that we must get,
Putting the naive misguided people
Deeper and deeper into debt

Told to us by big corporations
With their lying alluring ads
By a greedy society’s self-indulgence
Falling for the falseness
And ridicules new fads

THINGS,THINGS…. THINGS
And more “Things”
New houses, stylish clothes
Nice cars and diamond rings.

How many “Things”
Does a person have to obtain
Before they finally realize
They are just greedy selfish and vain

That is why I keep my “Things”
Few and far between
Because the ugliness of always wanting
To me is clearly seen

My humble life is packed
With everything that I really need
And I am free of all the want
Vanity and greed

My heart and soul are full
With Love, and the happiness it brings
Because I finally realized
The best “THINGS” in life
Aren’t  material “Things”

Thy elegance of form
Hast weakened my body and soul
As the weight of thy splendor and beauty
Hast become my payload

To carry thy love
Within my pitiful heart
Hast become my penance
For wanting more than I deserve

Pardon me for my weakness
But worry not for my struggles
For I have harvested thy bounty
And now must boldly ferry thy lading

I beg thee do not smile in my presence
For the weight of joy
It will add to my corpulent heart
Will surely be my undoing

Let me trudge along my road to happiness
And like an oxen who carries goods
Without complaint of discourse
I shall always be your love’s beast of burden

Beautiful creature
Thou hast stolen my heart
And imprisoned my soul

Tempt not the power of my passion
For thy fragile heart
Shall not weather the storm
My love produces

Like a tempest
It shall sweep thee from thy feet
Spinning thee wildly in blissful chaos

Tears of my joyful enlightenment
Shall rain upon thy silken hair
Soaking thy delicate skin
With my deluge of affection

The sound of my beating heart
Shall reverberate within thy being
Like thunder echoing the words
Of my eternal devotion

Alas the completeness of my love
Shall strike thee like a bolt of lightning
Piercing thy heart

And with explosion of light
Thy eyes shall illuminate brightly
As my love scorches thy heart
And my passion sears thy soul.

Incandescent radiance illuminates dark eyes
under the cover of stars and moon.

Elegant silhouettes emit passionate luminescence
like sparkling pools of liquid desire.

Profound and intense is the emotional and spiritual fornication,
ethereal beings igniting divine fervent fire within.

Vivacity and exuberance
dance wildly on an expectant wind
as it carries their loving sounds across the expanse
of an endless adoring night sky.

Although our eyes do not meet
And our hands cannot touch
Our spirits unite

With each word you speak
That I cannot hear
Or tear of loneliness
I cannot dry

I feel your love and passion
Reaching for my heart
Spanning the distance
That now is between us

But to have you near
Is to only remember
The sweet taste of your kiss
Or the softness of your touch

Our connection defies
The physical space between our hearts
As I am with you always
In my thoughts

Gone is your presence
But forgotten not is its place in my heart

Away from me you flew
Carried away by the storm
As its troubled winds whispered its lies
With its cool and moist breath

Promises of joy and ecstasy
As you spun wildly in its blissful chaos
Un-mindedly subverted
By its illusion of power and beauty

But eternal is my love
And forever shall I wait for your return
From the swirling torment
That has stolen you away

Resolved is my heart
And hopeful is my demeanor
That you will soon be reborn into my calm sky
As my patient arms await your intimate embrace

As I sit alone in my cell
My mind starts to dwell
On the fact that I’m still here
Trapped in my own hell

Alone and imprisoned
By my own fear
As I continue my sentence
Year after year

My own prison I’ve built
Out of my own depression and shame
Unwilling to forgive
I have only myself now to blame

The foundation was laid
From my mistakes and bad choices
Bonded and strengthened
By all the angry condemning voices

The walls are built high
Solid and stout
To insure that I never
Climb or break out

Though my crimes were not evil
To be punishable by death
Sometimes I imagine them to be
So I can breathe my last breath.

Loneliness and heartache
Are two things I know well
Along with sorrow and pain
That keep me confined to my cell

One day I may be pardoned
And finally set free
From the emotional chains
That are now binding me

When that day comes
Will I be reformed and made whole?
Or in this cell will I stay
Another condemned and lost soul?

The morning light breaks  and my eyes open wide;
I feel the warmth from your body as you lay by my side
I watch as you sleep so peaceful and serene
Resembling an angel or similar being

Suddenly I am aware of a feeling deep within
As a powerful desire starts to begin
Hit with these feeling so quick that in fact
I barely had time to even react

These feelings were strong so true and spontaneous
And the love that I felt was almost instantaneous
A need for your presence comes from deep in my core
Uncontrollable emotions unlike never before

A wanting for your touch burns inside me like fire
And a taste for your kiss full of love and desire
But as I reach out to you for an intimate embrace
You’re gone in an instant without even a trace


The morning light breaks and my eyes are filled with tears;
No longer feeling your body’s warmth after all of these years
I wake from my dream empty to the core,
As my longing for you is now stronger than before

I know I am unable to believe the real truth
How you were taken from me in the prime of loves youth
My discovery of these emotions, and its powerful force
Were never given the chance to run its full course

Today I will watch you sleeping, not by my side but in this place
Where a granite marker now sits with your name etched on its face
You become now that angel you resembled while you slept
And that vision of you my minds always kept

The loneliness I feel is immeasurable and deep
As I stand next to your plot and silently weep
But I am thankful to have had you for the time you were here
And the time we were together I will always hold dear

Our moments will be treasured for the rest of my days
As I try to exist without you in this painful lonely haze
So sleep well my little angel until it’s time for me too
And they will lay me to rest right here next to you

My love please don’t leave
Don’t stray from my side
The hurt it would bring
I would be unable to hide

The pain would be deep
And the longing would ache
One single day without you
My heart couldn’t take

Please let it be so
And let it be now
To be able to look into your eyes
Or feel your presence somehow

If this is but a dream
Then please let me wake
The moments without you
I feel my sanity starting break

Please return to me now
So I can again be whole
So that I may ease the pain
That is filling my soul

Another day without you
I really can’t bear
So next time you try and leave
I will just tie you to the chair

Burning embers flicker like fireflies
Aimlessly buzzing the night skies

Beautiful hands of flame
Reach out to caress all that is within reach
Intimately embracing tree and shrub
With molten hot arms

Kissing flowers and licking grass
With its searing tongue and fiery lips
As it breathes its scorching breath
Of loneliness and desire
Into the noxious smoke filled air

Charred remains
Are left smoldering and lifeless
In the wake of a ravenous appetite
For passion and closeness
That it can never feel

But greedily engulfing and devouring
Everything in its desire to be held close
Until it has consumed everything
Including the life giving air needed to sustain it

Reducing it to a single starving flame
That is finally put out of its misery
By a merciful last breath
Of a dying wind

Tortured soul,
Come immerse thy soiled vessel
Within my cleansing pool of forgiveness.

Replenish thy love starved heart
With the sustenance
Held within my being.
    
Renew thy passion
With soothing words
Whispered softly  
To thy slumbering spirit.

Embrace the beauty
of thy true self  
That shines bright
Within my minds eye.

And thy renewed essence
Will guide you anew
Towards forgotten dreams
And wonders yet to be revealed

Slowly I am drifting,
Fluttering across a lush and green meadow,
Seeking out the life giving nectar
Of your delicious flower

Your ruby red pedals
Spread wide and inviting,
Anticipating my arrival

Gently I land
Upon your silken
But firm pedal

I touch you softly
As I move slowly across your surface
Towards the soft and sensual spot
That hides your precious gift.

Caressing and probing
With maddening desire
I ****** inside you.

Overwhelmed with ecstasy and pleasure
I drink the delectable essence
Of your being

I drink your life giving juices
Until I am drunk with your intoxicating liquid
And can no longer feel the wings upon my back.

I pull away to recover my senses.
Slowly I regain control
And caress you softly
With my pollen covered hands
Then bid you farewell.

As I lift away with sadness in my heart
I am comforted to know
That I will find you again
Next spring

I put my quill to parchment
And like a gaping wound
My heart spills my pain upon it

Like crimson tears
The words Drip onto the pale yellow page
Soaking it with emotions so profound
My hand struggles to write

A release of my soul
Now permanently stained
In bold italics across the tattered sheet

A bitter sweet ode to my demons
Another metaphysical analogy of life
No longer wanted

Another useless attempt at salvation
A long overdue goodbye
That no one will ever read

Until they finally find me
Hanging in the closet
Amongst the other skeletons
I have unwittingly collected

And can no longer tolerate
Nor live with
Or most important of all
Hide from myself

Passion and love
Flows from your fingertips
Stimulating the desires
Held within my humble being

As they trace the contours
Of my wanting body
Heat builds within my soul

Whispered words of eternal devotion
Caress my ears
Images of happiness and bliss
Dance before my mind’s eye

Your loving light
Shines bright within me
Chasing away the darkness
That has hidden my heart

Your supple flesh
Now lays bare before me
Your beauty and innocence
Now fill my expectant eyes

Gone now are the bindings
That have constricted my emotions
My torment and frustration
Finally set free

Wondrous new feelings
Inhabit this lonely vessel
That manifests into a life ready to be lived
And a glorious love yet to be shared

Candle light breaks
The lonely dark night
Silhouettes of lovers
Embrace one another tight
Loves uncontrollable force
They are unable to fight

Passionate kisses
They begin now to share
As a ribbon is pulled
From silken soft hair
Their hunger and lust
Fill the summer night air

Bodies intertwined
In throes of pleasure
Reaching a state of ecstasy
That is without any measure
Feeling weightless and free
Light as a feather

Heartbeats quicken
As inhibition erodes
Bodies shutter with bliss
As Intimacy explodes
Breathless and spent
As their universe implodes

Gentle caresses are shared
As they look in one another’s eyes
Not a single word is spoken
Just the sound of joyful sighs
Both lost in a world of splendor
As the candle light finally dies

I’m waiting for the day
You will embrace my weary soul
Lift my descending spirit
And fill my hearts gaping hole

I’m waiting for the day
We can share our hopes and dreams
The day we can share with one another
What true love really means

I’m waiting for the day
I can look into your eyes
Hold you in my arms
With no fear of saying goodbye

Now no longer waiting
That day is now here
Fate has now found us
Our future is now clear

Forever united as one
Our bond can never be broken
Words of love eternal
Never needing to be spoken

Days full of happiness
And evenings of passion and bliss
Mornings started with a smile
And nights ended with a kiss

The day came and went
And is now long past
But our love continues to grow
Our wildest dreams we did surpass

A beautiful life spent together
As lover and friend
Wanting our moments to last
And the days to never end

But now I’m dreading the day
Heaven calls my angel home
And again I will be lost and broken
And left all alone

I will be waiting for the day
To be reunited once again
With my soul mate and partner
My lover, my friend

An eternal lifetime together
Where there’s no existence of time
Just an eternity of happiness
Enjoying days that never end

The flames still strong
And the light is burning bright
As it did when you ignited it
On our very first night

This unbridled passion
Still lives in my soul
and the physical attraction
I’m still unable to control.

Mind-boggling emotions
Still envelope my being
As it’s your enticing form
In my dreams I am seeing

Our years have not diminished
And our love is still there
The way we stay true
To the honesty we share

Bestowed this wondrous gift
From the universal unknown
we are rewarded with happiness
in our devotion that’s shown

So I look at you now
with a little more age in your face
but as beautiful as ever
as you've aged with such grace

I am blessed to have had you
For so many wonderful years
So full of joy and happiness
It brings me to tears

I love you even more
Than that very first day
And grateful that through the years
You've decided to stay

Every day with you is a pleasure
And not one of them is the same
But one thing has been constant
It’s my loves eternal flame

As I looked in your eyes
I saw a tiny flicker
As if a small piece of your love for me
Died deep within you

A flicker so small
You barely gave it notice
But it blazed like the sun
As it seared my heart

I felt my soul shiver
As if your precious gift
Was pulled from body

A sickening wave of despair
Passes through me
As I realize your love for me
Will no longer be whole

My heart is left broken
And bleeding with regret
Unable to mend the wound
That has been inflicted.

Will time heal the damage?
Or will I have to suffer
A slow painful death
As the fire within you
Slowly dies out

Shall I continue to fan the flames
That I see still burning inside you?
Or does the fuel for my love
No longer have the capacity to sustain it?
I think I shall just close my eyes
And let fate run its course

It came inside
So silent and stealthy
Not caring if I was Sick
Or totally healthy

It hid inside
Unnoticed and unseen
As if it were a ghost
Malevolent and mean

Waiting to attack
And wreak havoc in me
Destroying my body’s defenses
Without remorse or pity

It spread like the plague
Infecting all in its path
Spreading its sickness
In the wake of its wrath

My body is now ill
But I'll not find a cure
From this blackness within
It’s a losing battle for sure

I don’t understand
Guess I’ll never know the answer
Why so many of us need to be cursed
By this evil called CANCER.

Where hast thou gone?
Sweet innocents of youth
Thy reverence of purity
And subservient of truth

With poisoned treachery
Thy essence perverted
Ignorance and jealousy
Thy Inner beauty subverted

Heavy upon sharp thorn
My trust doth lie
Heart heavy with burden
Tears of anguish I now cry

Unknown to thyself
Thy sweet self dost deceive
I know not my place
To my fatherhood I now bereave

How sweet and lovely
Dost thou make the shame
Never say that I was false of heart
As easy might I suffer myself the blame.

This I do vow,
And this shall ever be;
I will be true, and love eternal
Despite thy betrayal of thee.

Those silly little things
that run through your head
all of the things
you wish you had said

the words rest upon your lips
but are never set free
as they shrivel and die
like a leaf on a tree

to have just the nerve
and or even the tact
the knowledge as to know
the right moment to react

But the timing is never right
and the courage is never found
by fear and self doubt
your hearts forever bound

So let your heart be your voice
Let it speak loud and clear
Through your manner and actions
For everyone to hear

Because sometimes actions
are far more meaningful than words
sometimes they get twisted
And sometimes not even heard

So don’t let it worry you
Or mess with your head
sometimes things are heard better
when they are left unsaid

This day is alive
With wondrous sound
Call’s of god’s creations
On the air is abound

Filling my ears
With its beautiful sound
My spirit takes flight
And soon leaves the ground

A tear in my eye
As I breathe it all in
Life’s wonderful magic
Fills my heart once again

I soar through the clouds
On summers soft breeze
Flying high overtop
The tallest of trees

Free of the falseness
Of mortal man’s goals
That later consumes
Their tired lost souls

I no longer am burdened
And have not a care
For now that I fly
Through heavens pure air

Winter came
As night stood still
Bringing with it
A bitter chill

Limbs stripped naked
Of summers soft green
By autumn winds
Strong and mean

In pale meadow grasses
Life does creep
Preparing for
A winter’s sleep.

Solstice moon rises
In a dark starry sky
As the final autumn day
Blows silently by

I sit here and ponder
On the one certain thing
That I know in my mind
That someday I will find

It will come with a light,
Shining soft and of white
Surrounding my being
And filling all of my sight

It will carry me away
To that place we all know
And strive all our life
And pray we will go

I will know it as death
But not of my soul
A rebirthing of sorts
With the universe I'm made whole

So now in my mind
I’m at peace with it all
As I patiently wait
For my time to be called

The blackness;
Thick and oppressive,
Cold and void of all that is pure and clean.

Like a horrid gaping maw
hungry and ready to devour  
Even the dimmest of light
Shining within us.

Sinister and malevolent
As it washes over and slowly swallows the light
That illuminates all that is righteous and true.

Poisonous and vile,  
Permeating and festering
As if born in the bowels of evil itself,  
Hollow cries of abhorrence and loathing
Echo lost within the ebony abyss.

Dark madness
Oozing and *******
Even the slightest of openings made available
By the tiniest breaks in ones emotional defenses,
And infecting all it touches like the plague.

Like a sordid petulant Fein
Stalking its victim,
Ready to pounce at any sign of weakness
And taking control of our sense of reason and sanity,

Feeding off our own insecurities and doubts,  
And turning us into emotional slaves
To the dark force called jealousy.

Like a spirit bathed in a soft warm light
You stepped out of the ethereal mist
Your beckoning smile
I could not resist

Your presence was overwhelming,
And engulfing my senses,
Shattering my world
And destroying my defenses  

You reached out your hand
And as I held it in mine,
I felt the power of your glory
And now knew the meaning of divine

Your touch was so tender
It made my heart weak,
My body felt limp
And I could not even speak

You looked deep in my soul
With eyes so calm and clear,
Searching for my truth
And all I held dear

You found my very essence
And the core of my existence
And with unyielding trust
I offered no resistance

I gave myself freely
With faith and with love,
For I knew in my heart
You were a being from above

How does one traverse the distance
Between two hearts separated by love

How can one pass the infinite expanse
Of time created by their loneliness

Will their longing and heartache
Explode Like a supernova

Creating a vortex
That sends them both spiraling
Into an abyssal plutonic existence

Or will their passion and desire
Be strong enough to bend and warp the continuum

Bringing the far ends of the universe
In upon its self
Allowing their love to join once again

Creating a intergalactic paradox
Of celestial oneness

Your passion runs deep
Through your body it flows
Look in your heart
And let yourself go

Release it with love
Whisper soft in an ear
Or shout it with song
For the whole world to hear

But let it come out
And let it be free
Shine your wondrous light
For everyone to see.

The soft soothing light
Slowly starts to fade
And the grip on my sanity
Begins to degrade

My spirit sinks slowly
Back into the black sea
As I realize normalcy and happiness
Was not meant to be

Devoured once again
By my ravenous psychosis  
Death of my spirit
Is my final prognosis

The demons start to appear
As paranoia starts to set in
And the unsettling voices
Start to begin

As I now wander lost
Within my sickened mind
Escape from schizophrenia
I know I shall never find

My seed has been planted
In the soil of thy intimate garden
Held safe and warm
In the confines
Of thy nourishing womb.

Electrical impulses charge atoms
Genetic strands are animated
Nucleus expands,
Cells divide into a chaotic cohesion of life
Held together by love
Absorbed from thy inner being

Our future is born anew
As our legacy of passion lives on
Living proof held true within the vessel
Of our loves creation

Eyes look into the mirror
Expecting to see truth
But only emptiness is reveled

Words whispered into the night
Echo back screaming
In desperation to be heard

Arms reach out for comfort
Expecting to hold
But only the nothingness
Returns their embrace

A breath of hope
Escapes trembling lips
But is heard as a sigh
Of loneliness and despair

A dream ready to be lived
But from the nightmare
A tortured soul
Will never wake

My desires
Hunger for your physical form
My thirst
Craves your succulent soul

Wet lips
Dripping with moist pleasure
As I drink from your refreshing pool
Of liquid passion

My ravenous appetite is subdued
As I feast upon your nourishing essence

Your offerings infuse me
With the life sustaining sustenance
That allows my heart to flourish
And my love for you to grow

This word I give to you
Is as precious as new born child
But as fragile as a promise
Waiting to be broken

This word I give to you
Shines as bright as the sun
Or is as dark as a black hole
Consuming all that is near

This word I give to you
Is as mighty as an oceans current
But as gentile as a lazily flowing stream

This word I give to you
Holds the key to ones heart
Or the chains that binds ones soul

This word I give to you
Can be used to suffice ones humble needs
Or satisfy ones selfish wants

This word I give to you
Has been the bringer of many new lives
But the cause of many deaths

This word I give to you
Is like no other,

This word I give to you is
LOVE….

I can speak words of adoration
Well into the night
And still not a one
Will ever be right

To convey or depict
The love in my heart
You have un-mindedly deposited
From the very start

You unselfishly give
Never wanting to take
Only wanting to please
With passion that’s never fake

You are selfless and caring
And unbelievably kind
Another as beautiful  
I would never again find

You are my inspiration in life
My very best friend
That’s why I will love you
Far past my life’s end

Rushing and speeding
Our lives seem fleeting
Not caring who we run down
In the process of time cheating

Anxious to get
From one minute to another
Not a moment to spare
Or to take time for one another

Hurrying and shoving
No time to waste
Not even for love
Due to our relentless pace

Pushing and running
Towards the ends of our lives
But complaining in turn
About how our time flies

Still hidden
and not yet uncovered
Like ancient buried treasure
Still waiting to be discovered

Like a dull white stone
Waiting to be mined
To be cut and polished
To be made one of a kind

Idling waiting
To be given a chance
My lonely heart waits
To be found by romance

To be shown how love
To share and to give
To feel passion and desire
And the joy just to live

I hear the agony of your joy
Echoing in the vast silence of my heart

Passionate cry’s filled with hatred
For the wanting of my love starved soul

Your aching pleasures sooth my pain
And lift the desires of my deep but inevitable regret

Pulling and pushing the limits of our realities
Obscuring the vision of our desperate journey
That leads us into the infinite abyss
Of our mortal lives

As I walk down this road
Towards a destination unknown
I pray sometime soon
That place will be shown

I’ve walked many miles
In these shoes that are not mine
So I could understand why
You chose to leave me behind

These shoes are now tattered
And my feet very sore
And I understand your reason
Even less than before

So the old saying is wrong
At least for us two
Because I’ve walked more than a mile
Down this road in your shoes

How can I express to you
How I’m truly feeling
How can I show you
My broken heart you’re now healing

To be able to explain
My unreadable behavior
To thank you for being
My very life’s savior

Sometimes it’s hard
To know how to orate
So you can truly understand
Comprehend or relate

How much I really love you
How I would be lost inside
Not wanting to be visible
Only wanting to hide

You have given me purpose
A reason to be seen
To step back into myself
Out from behind my diffusing screen

You have made me whole
Heeded my hearts call of distress
Given a voice to my soul
And now the ability to express

You came into this world
A little different than most
But born to me as my son
Who I love and will always hold close

You’re filled with such joy
And see the world through loving eyes
That I could see past your disability
Was really no big surprise

There was so much about your condition
I had to study and learn
But with an open heart and mind
It never gave me a moment of concern

Look at you now
A handsome young boy
Learning and growing
And filling everyone’s heart with joy

I am your proud father
And will do all that I can
To make sure you develop
Into a self sufficient young man

So even though you were born
With an extra chromosome
We will make the best life together
And overcome your Down’s syndrome

Eerie voices creeping around corners and eaves,
laughing and whispering their promise of the coming storm.

Crying frustration at the trees that grasp but can not hold,
tearing leaf from limb as it passes.

Turbulent passage through alleyways and streets,
spiraling into devils against all who dare resist.

Carried away with reckless abandon into the night
and blowing straight to the sea
to rejoice as a gale to finally be free…..

Fading the blackness
With explosion of light
Eating away chaos
As sanity regains it sight

Righteousness erodes deep trenches
Through evils thick crust
As promise wields hopes hammer
And pounds it to dust

My fight has been long
A grueling battle it has been
For my quest to be wholesome
And free of all sin

But my resolve grows weary
And my will is getting weak
Just a balance between the two
Is all I now seek

How can there be a victor
In this ongoing fight
When it takes darkness
For there to even be light.