“A trip with Darkness”

Peeking eyes from above

looked down upon mine

They had worry,

they had intrigue,

but above all

they were afraid of the shadows below.

A stare so still it penetrated deep down

Into a hole,

A heavy atmosphere,

suffocated.

It was bliss for my torn body,

One enveloped in the grip of this last

layer of a voluntary hell.

I, on the other hand,

felt sorry for those stuck above.

Those tempted to take the final step

to a new world,

new visions,

an all encompassing journey into the truth,

But never took the darkness by the hand.

A truth, that not many men realize.

A truth that only those worthy will seize.

A truth so dark that it will transform your whole being.

A truth,

Only visible to those that fall into the darkness,

Into the overpowering heart of immense darkness.

Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”

“I looked at him as you peer down at a man who is lying at the bottom of a precipice where the sun never shines.”