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Darkness Bears Down
Darkness bears down
Like deafening sound.
It blinds my sight,
I trip on rocks.
We walk, we hike.
It’s us alone.
We sit, we talk—
Or yet—we try.
The view of town—
Those orange lights
Pollute my mind.
I just can’t think.

Darkness bears down
Like deafening sound.
The night is still,
Our talk is dead.
I wish for once
I could read minds.
I’d find what I’ve
Been searching for—
The key to reach
Your heart so closed.
I give and give,
You hide and hide.

I want to think
It’s all those lights—
Those orange lights—
That make us stop,
Our minds unclear,
But that’s not it.
I see so clear
And now I know—
There is no “us,”
Not anymore.
And now, alone,
Darkness bears down.