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Darkness Descends

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Darkness Descends

Alone now, darkness descends

Larry G. Maguire
Oct 19, 2019
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Darkness Descends

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A man’s arm in the darkness for poem by Larry G. Maguire

Photo by Cherry Laithang on Unsplash

Alone now, darkness descends
In me, something tries to make amends
No perception, nothing to feel or see
Demons rise like crowds in the mind of me

Screaming faces I can’t reconcile
Each one from me I cannot hide
Maybe those that once I knew
People I loved and that loved me too

Alone now deeper still and endless night
Unlike be…

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