Mother!
Let me tell you the truth,
the whole truth devoid of lies
I have met at the widest
point of life, dined with the immortals
I have slept on the nails
of the afterlife and drank of the pink brook
I have been embraced by
the spirits of the west, the wise men of the south
The pillars of the north
shivered on my touch, the wells of the east dried on my words
I have really been to the darker
side
I have seen what makes a
man, a woman the ultimate transformer
I have gained wisdom from
them and I relish their grace
Father!
Let me tell you all of it
before I slip into the light
I have tried to keep away
the tears away for so many years, which was actually seconds
A hundred and seventy-five
in total, I saw it all never missing a detail
I saw our enemies embrace
our allies and they turned into aliens before my very eyes
I watched with horror
stricken face as they screamed before turning into a monster,
I closed my eyes and was
led into another realm where I thought I had escaped from it all
Then I saw limbs walking, heads
running, lips wagging, eyes staring; it was horrible I say!
Trust me father, I swear I
saw it all no lies are being told here
Brother,
Remember that movie we saw
the night the moon was bloody red? Hmmm
This is more than that, I
really went into another man’s world, the no-going zone
I saw things that could
have taken a man’s sight way but I returned whole
They tried taking my
movement away from me; I was rooted to the spot
But I moved far away from
their reach and their hold broke immediately
I ran faster than they
thought but what I saw was terrible, I dwelled in the darker side
Brother, believe me! Even
words can't describe the things I saw, even my brain freezes over
I saw it all but I can't
tell it, the world that lacks light indeed is the darker side
Sister!
I promised to tell you all
but I promised to never reveal a word: in a dilemma I am
But you should have seen
how the other side of good was
It sent shivers of heat
down my spine and I lost balance with the world of good
If it was so easy to live
such a life then the light should be with us forever
A time comes that you all
shall see the darker side but I don't want it, I fight the thought
It is a land where grief rules
no one cares, it’s no one’s concern and none is willing to give love
Sister! Fear not for I
would protect you and see to it that you never visit that side
For I have been there and
seen all its glamour: I would fight against it
For I have really been to the
other side; The Darker Side.
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