So this is darkness that  has me..........                                overcome by bitterness A feeling not new to me I'm forced into a race with time that seems                                  unending Even as the stairways to the stars appear in the distance But the race.............                                   has already begun I see a face far off in the depths of the darkness I give chase I hear silent laughter                                         but, it's no fun It's come and gone before It's name is Charlie                                          We met in a war This face just stares This face just laughs a silent laugh                                           And steady firing a gun And all that is unwanted is easily shaken                                           from me The stillness of the darkness swallows That which once sparked me                                           into a running race with time But, the face now with legs and feet gives chase at a quicker speed                                          this face of an enemy I shout "Your're not friend!" The face just laughs again and again that silent laugh                                        can't let it win "BACK AWAY FROM ME!!" ( It's only a face) "But, why are you still here, after all these years                                             invading my sleep?" The war is over, much time has passed "Why must you in my dreams, I keep? You've come and gone without a clue You hound me night and in the day too Your're only a face                                               that I still fight!" You've caused me sweat You've caused me grief it's really beyond belief And when you've had your daily cheer You fade into the darkness                                             you disappear                  and.. Light shines upon my body erasing the fatigue                                                from the long journey And the entrance of new awakenings cause a moment of inner rejoice and the darkness                                                  turns into light                      and .. It is known that I have not seen the hunter of the night                                               for the last time Again there will be a try to capture the game I will waiting I will be ready                                               for the face that stays the same The face that visits day and night the face that likes to play with my life the face that has me runing                                                in a race with time For now, I can only warn again again again STAY AWAY!!!!!!

2000 by William R. I. "Easy" Smith

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