"Dark" 
by Eric von Bayer 
 
Obsidian waves lapped cooly 
against the unseen shore, 
The black new moon setting 
on the edge of darkness. 
The silence gathered, 
like a velvet cloak. 
Ravens waited forlornly 
at the edge of the abyss. 
All things dark, 
seen in the light of memory, 
like a flash of lighting in the storm, 
an inspiration... 
I know these formless things, 
just beyond reason... 
They waited for insanity, 
as did I. 
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