Reflections and Shadows

Affliction

Unruly whelps and splintering chasms,
seek to deprive and to tear apart,
with the help of lingering phantasms;
the reachings of an intertwined heart.

Echoes of dawn's memories resonate,
though the promise of dusk darkens.
Fear of discovery stabs to penetrate,
while to dreams, hope always harkens.