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I did not ask the darkness to come
But when it arrived it was complete
And total
All my senses were dumb
And there were hard edges
And damage that came from clumsiness
For I had always prided myself
In my vision
And my ability to see the treetops
On distant ridges
On clear days
But this was night time
And tho I moaned
And tho I called out
In ineffable darkness
No light arrived
And the echoes of
Other lost souls did not help
So I trudged on
Despite wounded knees
And torn elbows
I moved forward
Trusting footsteps
Whose groundings
Were acts of faith
And slowly I learned
To walk
And in time the light came
Though I did not ask for it
To come
I knew inside I always wanted
It’s clarity, it’s return
But my dumb eyes
Had become accustomed to darkness
My heavy feet accustomed
To plying on insensibly
And so the brightness blinded me
And so my footsteps failed to sound
But I knew I had to continue on
And learn to be again,
In the light

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from Purgatorio, released March 7, 2013
Erik Rodgers

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On nights like these
I chew upon
The thread of life
Until it's almost gone
Sweetest Nectar
laced with pain
I stay until
it's almost drained

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