{"sf1_id":374772,"sf2_id":"rnayYGNn","title":"The Dark","author":"Annoth","words":2327,"posted_at":"2012-05-09T10:02:00.000Z","tags":["Annoth","Death","Emotional","M/F","M/M","Poem","Poetry","The Dark","Zepher","darkness"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/374772-the-dark","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rnayYGNn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/64/3c/643c5185-d5f7-47a7-9b0b-8ae881fb1258","description":"This is a series of poems ive writen over the past year most are based on how i felt at the time and all are from the point of view of Zepher my fursona.","content":"Alone, yet not alone?\n\n?\n\nBeing alone, is what i've knowen,  \n  \nBeing in the dark, is where i've been.  \n  \nMy heart yearns for another,  \n  \nMy heart yearns for warmth.  \n  \nBut cold is what my heart feels,  \n  \nSilent is what my heart is.  \n  \nTwice i've fallen into the dark,  \n  \nTwice i've lost my light.  \n  \nTwice i've been pulled from the dark,  \n  \nTwice i've felt the warmth of my heart grow.  \n  \nAnd twice i've had my heart stabbed.  \n  \nTwice i've had the warmth taken,  \n  \nTwice i've lost my light.  \n  \nTwice ive been caste into the dark,  \n  \nEach dark deeper and more cold.  \n  \nMy light is gone, my heart is cold,  \n  \nIts beats are silent, my blood is cold.  \n  \nAnd now i sit, all alone,  \n  \nIn the dark, all a...lone?  \n  \nDrew: Please....dont leave  \nme....all alone in the dark.   \n  \nDrew?\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n?\n\nA light in the dark\n\n?\n\nAs i sit here with my friend, in the dark that never ends  \n  \nA light is seen in the dark, a light comes to us  \n  \nYet the light come's for one, and only one can go  \n  \nThe light went towards my friend, its choise was him alone\n\n\u0026nbsp;A gental nudge i gave him, to send him to the light  \n  \n\"Go on, get out of here.\" \" Go into the light.\"  \n  \nAnd so he went into the light, and off they went into the night.  \n  \nI sit here all alone, Hopeing my friend wont show again  \n  \nwaiting in the dark, for my light in the dark.\n\n?\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n?\n\nWaiting in the dark\n\n?\n\nAnd so i sit here, all alone in the dark  \n  \nWaiting for my light to show, waiting in the dark  \n  \nand should another friend come join me, here in the dark  \n  \nI'll go to him and tell him, \"Your are not alone  \n  \nand untill the time comes, that a light comes for you  \n  \nI'll sit with you and wait, here in the dark.\"  \n  \nWhile in this dark, its cold as winter  \n  \nwhat light i have i share, what warmth i have i'll give  \n  \nto all my friends who join me, here in the dark.  \n  \nthough little is my light, though low is my warmth  \n  \nknow that i will share it with you, here in the dark.\n\n?\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n?\n\nWaiting in the light.\n\n?\n\nThough my friend has gone to the light, he looks back to the dark\n\n\u0026nbsp;He feels sadness, he feels guilt for leaving me  \n  \nHe feels hes abandone me, here in the dark  \n  \nhe goes back to the edge, he reaches in the dark  \n  \nBut long have I been here, deep is this dark  \n  \nI cant see his hand, Im too deep in the dark  \n  \nhe should know he cant, he cant pull me from the dark  \n  \nAnd so he waits in the light, to greet me when I join him  \n  \nThough he cant reach me, this he should know  \n  \nHe has given the greatist gift, I could ever have recived  \n  \nThe knowledge, that my life has meaning\n\n?\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n?\n\nA Question in the Dark\n\n?\n\nAt night I lay sleeping, Here in the dark  \n  \nThinking of my friends, Over in the light  \n  \nDo they have enough light, Do they have enough warmth  \n  \nCan i give them more light, Can i give them more warmth  \n  \nAnd i asked all my friends, from here in the dark  \n  \n\"Do you have enough light, Do you have enough warmth\"  \n  \n\"I still have some light left to help you all see, I still have some heat to help keep   \nyou all warm\"  \n  \nAnd then they turned and asked me, A very simple little question\n\n\u0026nbsp;\"What about you?\"  \n  \n\"You've been in the dark, For more then a year\"  \n  \n\"And dispite the deep dark, And its freezing cold\"  \n  \n\"You give away your light, With out a moments thought\"  \n  \n\"Please stop doing this, Your sliping away in the dark\"  \n  \n\"The dark is freezing cold, And yet you give us all your warmth\"  \n  \n\"Please stop doing this, Were loosing our dearest friend\"  \n  \n\"Your lost in the dark, Your freezing in it's cold\"  \n  \n\"And you let yourself sink deeper, Into its cold dark embrace\"  \n  \n\"Why are you doing this, Why are you giving us what little light you have\"  \n  \n\"I'm doing it for you, because you are my light\"\n\n?\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n?\n\nDeath in the dark\n\n?\n\nAs i sit here waiting, in the dark  \n  \nMy friends are waiting, in the light  \n  \nThey want to reach, in the dark  \n  \nThey want to pull me out, of its cold dark embrace.  \n  \nBut into the light, I can not go  \n  \nFor if I go, Who will save them from the dark  \n  \nIf they fall in the dark, I'll be there to stop there fall.  \n  \nI'll stop there fall, and take there burdens\n\n\u0026nbsp;I'll fall for them, so they can rise  \n  \nI rise and fall for them, here in the dark.  \n  \nSomethings happened, somethings wrong.  \n  \nI droped there burdens, but iam still falling  \n  \nThis dark is different, this dark is strange to me  \n  \nThis dark is dense, This dark is heavy  \n  \nI've never been here, I've never fallen so far  \n  \nThis dark is thick, I cant breath  \n  \nI'm still falling, I cant move  \n  \nThis dark is crushing me, I cant feel anything  \n  \nI'm scared, I'm alone  \n  \nI'm affraid, someone please  \n  \nHelp me in the dark  \n  \nI was careless, I was foolish  \n  \nThe dark is always changing, always learning  \n  \nWhen you get traped in its embrace, It wont just let you leave.  \n  \nAnd now ive fallen deeper, Deeper then ive ever gone  \n  \nThis is the Deeper Dark, A more painful kind of dark  \n  \nAbove the Deeper Dark, is the dark that many know  \n  \nBelow the Deeper Dark, Is the Absolute Dark  \n  \nVery few enter this dark, even fewer leave it alive  \n  \nI lay here traped between the dark, And Absolute Dark  \n  \nWondering grimly, Will it be life or death?\n\n?\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n?\n\nThe Absolute Dark\n\n?\n\nI lay here traped between the Dark, and Absolute Dark\n\n\u0026nbsp;Wondering grimly, Will it be life or death?  \n  \n\"Death.....\",\"It will be Death\"  \n  \nTears fall from my eyes, My breathing is rough and ragged  \n  \n\"Who said that?\",\"Whos there?\"  \n  \n\"Who?\" Its asks with a laugh, Its voice leaving me cold  \n  \n\"How do you not know?\",\"You know me better then anyone\"  \n  \nA black mist appeared at my side, Its shape is familer to me  \n  \n\"I've come for you\",\"Its time to go\"  \n  \n\"Go?\",\"Where?\"  \n  \n\"Where you belong\"  \n  \n\"Dont go Zeph!\",\"Dont go with him!\"  \n  \nI look up towards a light, I hear my friends calling me  \n  \n\"Your too late\",\"Hes mine now\"  \n  \nThe light is fadding, Were falling!  \n  \nThe light is gone, There voices gone  \n  \nThis place is empty, This place is black  \n  \n\"Where are we!?\",\"What dark is this!?\"  \n  \nThe Shadow appeared, Its voice cold and calm  \n  \n\"What dark?\",\"Absolute!\"  \n  \n\"Your friends should be in the dark\",\"One or two should be here\"  \n  \nHes voice went darker, Hes voice got colder  \n  \n\"But there not\",\"There in the light cause of you!\"  \n  \nThe Shadow came closer, He grined at me  \n  \n\"But that will change\",\"Cause your here now\"  \n  \n\"No one can reach you here\",\"No one will save you from here\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\"I've taken my time\",\"I've waited so long\"  \n  \n\"And now your here\",\"Now your mine!\"  \n  \nIts so Dark, Its so cold  \n  \nI want my FRIENDS!, I want OUT!  \n  \nThe Shadow looked me in the eyes, My body started going numb  \n  \n\"Your not going anywhere\",\"There is no way out\"  \n  \nMy tears continued to fall, My body continued to grow cold!  \n  \nI cryed out with fear,\"WHO ARE YOU!?\"  \n  \nThe Shadow grined, It took on a form  \n  \nI gasped with shock, My heart pounding in my chest.  \n  \n\"THIS IS WRONG!\",\"THIS CANT BE YOU!\"  \n  \nIt came closer, My heart beat louder  \n  \nIts voice was quiet, But I heard it all to well  \n  \n\"This is me\",\"For I am YOU!  \n  \nMy heart stoped, My being shatered  \n  \nMy body stoped, My eyes went blank  \n  \nMy mind stoped, My blood turned to ice  \n  \nMy Shadow Grined with cruelty  \n  \nIt Has Won  \n  \n..........  \n  \nZepher  \n  \n..........  \n  \nIs gone\n\n?\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n?\n\nLight in the Absolute Dark?\n\n?\n\nMy Shadow Grined with cruelty  \n  \nIt Has Won  \n  \n..........  \n  \nZepher  \n  \n..........  \n  \nIs gone   \n  \nMy Shadow laughed in the dark, Its laughter echoing in the dark  \n  \nBefore it turned to a scream, A scream of pain\n\n\u0026nbsp;My Shadow screamed, My Shadow howled  \n  \n\"LIGHT?!\",\"IN THE ABSOLUTE DARK?!\"  \n  \nWhats happened?!, Whats going on?!  \n  \nI can feel again, I can feel warmth  \n  \nA light shot through the dark, bathing me in its radiant light  \n  \nMy Shadows pain turned to anger,\"NO ONE'S LIGHT CAN REACH THIS DARK!\"  \n  \nAnd the light wasnt one, But the light of several  \n  \nI cryed!, I cryed with happyness!  \n  \nThey came for me!, my friends have come for me!  \n  \nMy friends came down to me, There light surrounded me  \n  \nMy Shadows anger turned to shock, He could not bleave what he saw  \n  \n\"YOU CANT HAVE HIM!\",\"HE'S MINE FOREVER\"  \n  \nMy friends turned to him, There eye's full of light  \n  \nThey raised there paws to him, They glowed with power  \n  \n\"Hes our friend\",\"We wont give him up\"  \n  \nThere light shot through the dark, The light pireced my Shadows heart  \n  \nHe screamed and roared, Then then he was no more  \n  \nMy friends surround me, There light embraced me  \n  \nThere my friends, My reason for being  \n  \nMy blood thawed, My heart beats again  \n  \nMy eyes turned blue, Theres life in them again  \n  \nMy body moved, I sat up and looked upon my friends  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;They came for me, Here in this dark  \n  \nThey steped closer, they put a paw on my shoulder  \n  \n\"Lets go back\",\"Back to the light\"  \n  \nI cryed and smiled,\"Yeah, lets go\"  \n  \nAnd so they took me back, Back to a light i never thought i had  \n  \nThe light of friendship, The greatest light of all  \n  \nNever again will I fall, Into the cold lonely dark\n\n?\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n?\n\nNoctus is my Ice Angle.\n\nNoctus Is my Ice Angle  \n  \nNoctus is my angle, Noctus is my love  \n  \nShe radiats with a light that is her own, and beams with a smile that warms my heart  \n  \nShes as strong as a glacier of ice, yet soft and gentle as the snow from which its made  \n  \nHer heart is as puer as the snow, and her smile can melt the coldest ice  \n  \nShe is my angle, My angle of the ice  \n  \nShe is my first crush, she is my first love  \n  \nI gave her my love, I gave her my heart  \n  \nShe is my first love, She has my first kiss  \n  \nShe......  \n  \nis dead.  \n  \nI killed her, Its all my fault  \n  \nIf shed never meet me she would live, If ied never been she would be happy\n\n\u0026nbsp;Ive killed her, How did this happen  \n  \nHer eyes are blank, Yet they perice my heart  \n  \nHer blood is cold, Yet it burns my paws  \n  \nHer body is cold, I'll never know her loves warmth again  \n  \nThat thing, That thing in her chest  \n  \nPolshied metal shaped like a arrow, a single sharp edge on a piece of scrap metal  \n  \nI know this, I know what it is!  \n  \nIts mine, Its my shiv!  \n  \nIts covered in her blood, My paws are covered in her blood  \n  \nI killed her, I killed my only love!  \n  \n\"You killed her!\", \"Your a monster, a freak!\"  \n  \n\"She showed you kindness\",\"She showed you love\"  \n  \n\"You killed her\", \"After all she did for you\"  \n  \n\"If shed never meet you\", \"She would still be alive\"  \n  \nI cryed out, My heart filled with pain and sarrow  \n  \n\"I never ment for this to happen!\", \"I never wanted this!\"  \n  \nThe voices were so many, and yet they sound familier  \n  \n\"Of course you wanted this too happen\", \"You left your shiv for her to find\"  \n  \n\"And you left a journal\", \"A journal of your past\"  \n  \n\"And now she is dead\",\"She killed herself with your shiv!\"  \n  \nI looked around, Who do these voices belong to?  \n  \nI look over and see my friends, My friends are here for me  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;They can help me, There my friends  \n  \n\"You dont belong here\", \"You dont belong anywhere\"  \n  \nI stop dead, my eyes wide with shock  \n  \nWhat was that, What did they just say?  \n  \n\"You are no friend of ours.\", \"We arent friends with a monster.\"  \n  \nI cant bleave it, I cant bleave my ears.  \n  \n\"I didnt want this to happen\", \"I didnt want Noctus to kill herself\"  \n  \nI heard a voice in front of me, I looked down and saw my brother  \n  \n\"Youve got it wrong Zepher\", \"Noctus didnt kill herself\"  \n  \n\"You killed her\", My eyes go wide with shock  \n  \n\"Her blood is on your paws\", I look down at my paws  \n  \nBLOOD! My paws are covered in blood!  \n  \n\"Your a monster.\", \"And no brother of mine\"  \n  \nWith that they all turned, Turned and walked away  \n  \nTerran stoped and said to me, His words like daggers in my heart.  \n  \n\"I should of let you rot in jail\", \"How did i ever love a thing like you\"  \n  \nWith his words still ringing in my ears he left, They all had left  \n  \nMy eyes were wide with shock, Tears flowing down my cheeks like rivers of sorrow  \n  \nMy heart is in pain, My mind in chaos  \n  \nPast and preasent became blured  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;Truth and lies got confused  \n  \nI did it, I killed her  \n  \nI raised my paws to my head, griping it as my heart and mind raced  \n  \nHer life was taken by my paws, There driping with her blood  \n  \nI took off, My wings beating as hard as my heart  \n  \nTo where i went, I nither new nor cared  \n  \nI killed Noctus  \n  \nShe loved me and i killed her  \n  \nA storm was brewing over Warfang  \n  \nAnd i flew straight towards it  \n  \nlightning craked in the sky  \n  \nPlease let it hit me, let the storm take my life!  \n  \nThe heavy rain beating aginst my face as another bolt struck  \n  \nThis ones aim was true, It struck me from the sky  \n  \nI fell towards the ground, it rushed up to clame me  \n  \nAnd tonight i die, The monster knowen as Zepher  \n  \n\n"}