Darkness Creeps

Shadows spread,
Darkness Creeps,
Silently chasing light.
Dampening, hiding, covering
Everything in its path.
Light, retreats, afraid,
Retracting, running,
Folding in on itself
Unwilling to be snuffed out.
A spark remains.
Cut off, alone.
Darkness reaches out,
Extinguishing, laughing.
An explosion of light,
A spark no more.
Warmth and light floods,
Flowing like a river,
Merging together once more.
Darkness shrinks, cowering,
Defeated.
Light returning,
Strengthened,
Spreading, glowing.
Triumphant, in control,
From a corner,
Stealthily, darkness creeps.

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