The Dark Path

The moon is dark tonight

And the heavens blacker yet

As I walk this solitary path

No space or time for regret

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I commune with demons

And those who came before me

The ancient ones with timeless wisdom

All roam the Galaxy

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Overcome by isolation

Desolation and Despair

This is the price of illumination

Follow me if you dare!

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I am merely a lone traveler in flight

Who made a conscious choice

To seek that which is beyond the night

And offer it a voice

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We travelers sacrifice our earthly selves

To peer behind the veil

Where there is no forgiveness

For the unwitting, mundane, and frail

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At times it’s insufferably lonely

But then the warm, potent energy

Of those who came before me

Surges and pulsates through me

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It thrusts me forward with electrical spin

Passionate, obsessive and possessed

The mundane can’t begin to comprehend

Who I am and that which I profess

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My path is narrow and desolate

Very few can endure the ordeal

And many more are stuck at the gate

By their fear and their battles of will

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They have yet to discover Fear is the Liar

From death there is no escape

Let our hearts be consumed with fire

In our quest to breach the black drape

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During rare and delightful times

We may recognize a brother

A reunion of old souls in brief, sublime

Communion with one another

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Till we part to continue our solo voyage

We share our secrets, wine and love

To be reunited so joyous

Is a gift beyond below and above