By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
The absence of light, that’s what they call darkness
Am imaginary void of fledgling light, that’s what they call darkness
No such thing as the opposite of light
Not feasible in the least of ways
But they don’t understand darkness from the way I see it
See darkness is as real as you and I
Darkness is a feeling of dread and depression
A feeling of invisibility and supremacy
Those lonely times spent wondering about another
The colored skin of a proud people
The earth we toil over to produce life’s sustenance
The mood that’s set for two lovers fantasies
See darkness is seen in a different perspective to me
It takes many forms in many different ways
Darkness hides the mysteries of life
Brought forth by the light in its all revealing grace
Dark pools when I look through your eyes
Through your eyes I see the soul
A perfect balance of light and dark
Neither entity of good nor evil
What the darkness hides the light reveals
What the light can’t handle the darkness masks the reality
Darkness is inspiration for creative minds
Cause out of the darkness and to the light
My thoughts flourish
The stroke of my pen endures
A perfect balance of light and dark
My soul
Hi Tony,
I hope you and your guys are staying safe.
Nice poem. You must have put a lot of thought, and your soul, into it.
Can’t connect on MySpace any more. Someone hacked my account and even though I changed my password, I can’t get back into my account.
Keep up the good work as a patriot and soldier. And as a poet.
Tony,
I realy like this poem. I like that it points out that darkness is not the oposite of light but merely the absence of it–it helps the poem get around the cliché aspect of light and dark. Good work.
This poem hit the spot. I have been going through a lot of challenges and I’m discovering a lot of passion. I feel like I need a lot of knowledge that I don’t yet have and I torn between making myself vulnerable to everyone and keeping the everything hidden from my love once. I’m experience darkness but in a new way. There is a lot of light off and on and when the light is all gone I still don’t feel scared, but very stressed.
I’m not sure if its rude to focus on myself in a comment on someone else’s site, but your poem really get me. I just king of relate and then connect to different parts of my life.
Very interesting…I like this perspective of darkness. It makes me realize that one needs to see (or understand) the darkness before one can truly appreciate what’s in the light.
In fact, I think we take what’s in the light for granted a lot because we don’t see the difference.
Good job!