Floating the dark

Varsha Sundriyal
Chalkboard
Published in
Dec 20, 2017
Photo by Rahul Misra — Diwali 2009

Fighting the darkness head-on,
keeping the danger at the bay,
waiting for the sparking dawn,
hands poised ready to slay.

I took out my glimmering sword,
lighting filled the black world,
and dark blood poured,
yet it swirled: curled and uncurled.

I braced myself plunging down
towards the inky stark
barred and broken ground
with a flick of the sword lighting and floating the dark.

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