On narrow paths,
you journey with shadows.
Hold the gleam
of the solitary
lamp in the horizon.
Believe he is waiting,
imbued with radiance,
Delicate and true, hoping
for a sign
that you are coming.
The light consumes every thing and you
move closer.
With each step,
a heavy echo, like song,
resonates
inside you.
They blossom
into flowers,
that perish
in your palm.
Your shadow grows greater.
As the light before you
bleeds,
swallows the sky,
you wait-
for darkness to fall.
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Von is a creative writing student in the University of the Philippines-Diliman.
He talks with himself on his spare time.
