The Darkness Within

Through mists of time

And damage untold

A glimmer of hope

Does light behold

Through black endless corridors

Of nightmares firm grip

Where creatures so sinister

Tell you to sip

The toxic potion

That the Satan did mix

With hooves that were cloven

As he sat aside the river Styx

Running mindless

Through never ending passageways

Chased by creatures that were shapeless

Silently you begin to pray

Prayers that were answered

For the light that evaded

That had seemed to move backwards

Began to push through all the dark barricades

The brightness

Almost blinding

As a brilliant white sorceress

Who’s beauty was outstanding

Held out a hand

Pulling you from air as thick as molasses

Her magic turning creatures all fanged

Into piles of ashes

Finally safe

In the arms of an angel

The darkness now becoming a haze

As all around sprites did twinkle.

© S.J Warner 2014.

Photograph © Pete Inman.

Thank you so much Pete for giving me permission once again to use your wonderful photographs.