The Fear of Darkness

I stood there feeling strangled by the dark shadows of love.

I pleaded, I cried; I need some sane and soothing words.

I looked at the shadows and I cried out aloud;

My voice personified my pain.

I looked at the shadows and I cried out aloud;

My piteous look spoke more than those painful incoherencies.

I pleaded: “Don’t push me, Love, to the edges of love;

I might fall out of it.”

My piteous looks spoke more than those painful incoherencies.

I could see the shadows being wiped away

With a tremendous force of love,

And my beloved, who took pity on me, saved me from those shadows.

I could see the shadows being wiped away

And he held me tight in those strong arms of a knight.

And I was the kitten; fragile and meek.

I slept all night and spend all day in those mighty arms.

And he held me tight in those strong arms of a knight.

And I felt secure once again amidst these shadowy beings.

I could sense the love; I could taste the lust.

I spent all my life in the embrace of those arms.

And I felt secure once again amidst these shadowy beings.

I nurtured my Love’s love and I bore him his fruits.

I gave him all my life and he gave me all his love.

And for centuries we fought the darkness before being one with it.