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Akshi Hargoon Feb 2019
There once was light where I stand;
Now I'm unable to even see my hand.
A time of darkness has dawned upon us;
Just makes me want to scream and cuss.

Loadshedding is what they call it;
Unable to see I sometimes trip.
It happens at times when we are hard at work;
Or at home while making dessert.

It's something that's beyond control;
Or at least that's what we are told.
The energy grids struggle to take on the pressure;
Thus reducing our times of leisure.

It's something that drives us insane;
Yet there is nobody we can blame.
How long long will this dampen our spirit?
Even they don't know it.

What are we to do in this dire straights?
Well nothing, just sit and wait.
Loadshedding has once again dawned upon us. A huge inconvenience.
Mystic Ink Plus Feb 2018
Shade Moves
Shade Talks  
    
Ghostly, Eclipse Of Unknown
Theme: Inevitable Shadow
Wellington Smith Nov 2015
The darkness has a way of enveloping you like nothing else can.

It's not like light: Darkness
Is not directed or sprayed on objects
The absence of light:
It is all consuming, on anything light rejects.

Darkness. It's something else
Something intangible
Like the dreams you dream:
Barely imaginable.

It's strange and scary:
Untouchable for us
Children are afraid of it
It even makes grown men cuss.

People aren't afraid of darkness,
It's been said:
Fear of the unknown,
Or so I read.

Why do we fear the unknown?
What evils can it contain,
What evils still remain?
That aren't in our lives already,
****, corruption, ******:
Bulletins are full and the news beats steady.

We should relish the unknown,
Rise to the challenge
We must grab the opportunity
With both hands
Cause it might be our last strands
Of hope.
Its so irritating,
Feels like a bug on my throat but I just can't cough it out,
Of course it gives room for meditating,
But it still hurts like the burn of steam from a spout,
All sorts of negative aspects to it,
But on the good side of it,
The house gets dark,
Due to this I overcome fearing the dark :D ,
Guess its true that everything no matter how bad it seems,has a good side to it.
Loadshedding:

action to reduce the load on something, especially the interruption of an electricity supply to avoid excessive load on the generating plant.
Sum It Apr 2014
1.
Cluster of night light
Season of dark renaissance
Cloudy autumn spree

2.
Weeping Memories
Attuned Melancholic Scream
Dead and lost Spring

3.
Flutters of Dust Speck
Round around Nothingness
Milky Way Express
Haiku(s) ‪#‎eleven11poetrychallenge‬ Day 5

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