Francois Bergh
where lost words come to rest in pieces…Archive for Darkness
The truth of light
Do not fear the crawling dark,
Do not despise the night -
For even by the hues of shade
There’s truth bestowed on light,
That on its own can not be shown;
In essence that is sight…
Without darkness light has no meaning…
Awakening
Awake, I see at last
How dreams belayed
My past…
Darkness all around -
I can’t allay
These tears…
Crystal clear – the view -
I hope you understand -
I’m weak…
This is my exit -
I long for my breath to
Be free…
The end of nothing
Is really no ending
At all…
Dawn will come…
Allay this longest night -
Alleviate my plight…
I miss you here tonight -
Most nothing seeming right…
Let darkness take to flight -
And end this endless fight…
Until the morning bright -
So rescued by dawn’s might…
For coming with the light -
I’ll have you in my sight…
Halls of dark
Wandering these halls of dark,
I am reminded once again
How heavy loneliness can get -
Just how much you meant to me…
On slick stone walls my face reflects
And haunted eyes are staring back -
Burning holes into my soul
As I relive mistakes I’ve made…
The black is crushing ocean-depth -
The pressure rising with my breath…
As air is squeezed out from my chest,
My flattening becomes complete…
In this labyrinth I’m lost
As I feel the path ahead.
Without you to be my beacon;
Hope forsaken – I’ll remain…
The cellar
The dust on this door
Has the texture of ancients -
Unspoiled by explorers
Through countless long aeons…
The stuck-rusty hinges
Have been welded by time -
I kick with my might
And I barely break in…
I peer down the stairs
To an undisclosed mind -
I tread through the cobwebs;
Pioneering the cavern…
I stumble around,
Falling over dark nothings,
The darkness is swirling -
And I’m suffocating…
A bulb overhead,
Filled with sombre intentions,
Is lost in the dark
And the chain’s dangling free…
I pull on the switch
But the light does not shine -
I yank it again
But the darkness just thickens…
About to give up,
And to get the fuck out,
Abruptly it blinks -
Understanding sets in…
The clarity brilliant
As briefly I see -
The cowering shadows
In corners recede…
And then I am blinded
By the truth of your mind -
Forever imprinted
And always remembered…
Thus is a journey
To the center of you…
Inspired by Cheri Anne
