JOE GRALEY
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DARKNESS
BITS AND PIECES,
OF MEMORIES,
ALL BUT LOST TO ME,
CALL OUT TO ME,
FROM WITHIN THE DARKNESS,
OF THE NIGHT,
BECKONING ME,
TO A PLACE I ONCE KNEW,
BUT HAVE SINCE FORGOTTEN...
IT HURTS WITHIN MY MIND,
WITH A PAIN,
OF NO OTHER KIND,
THOUGH FEAR IS ALL THAT KEEPS ME HERE,
AFRAID OF WHAT,
I MIGHT FIND,
THOUGH SOON I FEAR,
THE CALL,
SHALL BE SO STRONG,
SO NEAR,
THAT I MUST GO,
TO THIS PLACE,
THAT SEEMS TO BE MY DREAMS,
OR,
MY NIGHTMARE.