A poem on a painting by @MichaelWhelan that he did for an album cover. I've not seen it before but I had the beginning of the poem as soon as I saw the painting.

https://write.farook.org/darkness/

The original artwork is here: https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/arise/

Darkness
by Fahim Farook

I have no mouth, and yet I must scream,
I have no brain, but I surely must dream,
My eyes have fallen out, but I must see,
My whole being is lost, and yet I must be.

Life is sometimes a nightmare,
You wake up in the darkness and you stare,
Shadows can be spiders, or monstrous foes,
Waiting to swallow you whole, with fanged jaws.

But the terrors of your mind's eye,
Are but nought to those that get by,
Terrors unthought, lurking unseen,
Giving you rushes of adrenaline.

Banishing these fears and finding joy,
With light's flame, darkness destroy,
Be the light that shines bright,
Encouraging others in their own fight.

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