Poem :: There will come a day

There will come a day,

When the newness of this phase will fade away,

And, the darkness that festers within,

Will crush me over and find its way -

There will come a day.

There will come a day,

When the emptiness will engulf again,

The only constant my life has known,

It yearns to be out this chain -

There will come a day.

There will come a day,

When a safe green field will wither away,

The sky will go dark, and

The strength of the earth will stray -

There will come a day.

And, when the colours lose light,

I'll wish for the rage,

To tear me open, consume me,

Drown me in your depths, I'll plead -

There will come a day.

When the shadow will emerge a victor,

And its foundations are stronger,

It pulls me under with a force to wonder;

It's a homecoming; a cold welcome -

There will come a day.

And on this day, when it all happens again,

The interminable cycle of doom and despair,

I know I'll be lost in a tumultuous haze;

There's no escaping my demons' lair -

There will come a day...

-Asra

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