A Vision Of Light And Darkness Poem by alan brown

The day had started easily
as I walked the same old road
But something unfamiliar
had opened as I strode
.
The light of day was beginning
before the night would end
But the darkness overcame me
as I came to the streets end.

Before me lay the end of time
a land we all forgot.
And from the darkness before my eyes
a vision of a child I did spot.

Now this was not a normal child
of what our minds might see
But a vision of light and darkness
in any form that we wanted it to be.

The child walked up before me
and stretched out her delicate hand
The just as I was about to take it
she withered as if made of sand.

I looked down to the sodden ground
as the rain had wet the spot
But the pile of sand had disappeared
and the ground was burning hot.

Then as the earth did open
to reveal its hidden goal
The girl did reappear
and beckon me to her sole.

It was then my heart did jump
and beat in my heaving chest.
As the girl of light and darkness
tried her level best.

But as the light before me
took on a more hideous form
I knew this was the ending
that Id wanted all along.

I stepped into the fiery hole
and took her glowing hand.
She then led me to a special place
that all will understand.

The place was all around us
that we visit every day.
Made up of seas and rivers
and even bales of hay.

She showed me all the glory
that spread throughout our land
And took me to the edge of time
to make me understand.

I then knew what she'd shown me
was lost to all but me.
As the end of time had eluded
the human race you see.

The fires had abated
to leave a burnt and Barron land.
Of dust and rocks and larva
and mountains of golden sand.