{"sf1_id":2056801,"sf2_id":"Rnoa0Zve","title":"The Darkness","author":"Kuvanu Apak","words":146,"posted_at":"2023-10-04T05:03:00.000Z","tags":["Passion","Poem","Short"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2056801-the-darkness","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rnoa0Zve","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/67/7d/677dd69b-0a82-488f-896e-caf21cae0875","description":"#3 of Poems\n\nJust the mood I've been feeling lately, not my best work by far, but something I needed to say in my own way...","content":"_ **The Darkness** _\n\n_Still darkness creeps into the heart_\n\n_Of an empty soul alone_\n\n_Edges of sharp veins in a hearth_\n\n_To drive deeper the pain_\n\n_Voices of songs past sing_\n\n_Of joy and radiance beyond_\n\n_Of a life without worry or strife_\n\n_Where the nesting soul may rest_\n\n_Timid is the sound of love_\n\n_To be touched\u0026nbsp;by the hand_\n\n_Of a warm embrace_\n\n_Only darkness remains_\n\n_Where hope had reigned_\n\n_So to did the mighty fields_\n\n_Grasslands fitting for the noble_\n\n_And tainted by the dreaded_\n\n_Alone is the path of the wondering_\n\n_Without a guiding light back home_\n\n_For the fields no longer live_\n\n_And all that remains are the lost_\n\n_Inscribed on the stone are words of truth_\n\n_Speaking of the journey set before the soul_\n\n_In them is the only wisdom shared_\n\n_To embrace the darkness_\n\n_ **Written By:** Kuvanu Apak_\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1873353-gone.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2056805-never-more.json"}}