In This Periodic Darkness Poem by Mark Heathcote

In this periodic darkness, let me sometimes glow.
Let me tousle your hair and see the moonlight there
all a glimmer let me melt in your fingers like snow.
Memories and images it's all just a slideshow,
'And love, ' it's uneven shades the sun's vulgar glare.
A rabbit in wire snares a bird in a rattrap I swear.

In this periodic darkness, let me sometimes glow.
For whatever reason I sure don't even know.

In this periodic darkness
Let me sometimes glow
Because I don't want to go
Sometimes blind and start
An argument I can't win.
The catharsis of losing you
Will -hurt me forever.

In this periodic darkness
Let me summarise how everything
In -life is like dominoes
A wrong or right decision
And it's hello or farewell.
Happy or with a broken heart
Where do we begin?

In this periodic darkness
You can be vacant or blue.
A shepherd of despair
But it's truly better for you.
If you can make something out of nothing
It's truly better for you.
If you learn to limit your mistakes.

In this periodic darkness
Darling, you know I need you.
Darling, you know I love you.
And I am sorry once again.
Darling, whatever your apprehension
When your tears have fallen like the dew
And dry; remember later there's an ascension.

In this periodic darkness
Remember there's a keyhole.
Turns and opens my soul.
Darling, you see, even under
On the underside of me, there is a light.
Like a lighthouse pointing out to sea
And darling, it's shining on me and you.

In this periodic darkness
Let me sometimes glow
Let me sing a holier song.
That steals your soul away
Because I don't want to go
sometimes blind and start
An argument where I can't win another day.

'Darling, do you hear what I say?