for the darkness, <br />i have dedicated hours, destroyed <br />the minute hand and <br />banished sense entirely. <br />reason fled <br />and so did sleep between <br />the sunless passage of <br />eternity into <br />endless dreams. <br />yet i remained <br />lucid; staring past <br />the grim mythos <br />fear had placed upon <br />the night. i saw instead <br />a black fire, hot ice. nothing <br />impossible <br />at the flickering edges <br />of candle-light.<br /><br />valerie jaeger<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dedication-10/
