The Dark One breathes in the pure air of freedom……

……she walks upon the engraved walkway once again and forever…….turning, she stands and sees the glow of the full moon moving upward towards the night sky and she gasps with awe and smiles……sitting on the bridge she admires the beauty and serenity that surrounds her…..as happiness fills her with hope……the Dark One feels faith in herself that she will ever walk within her harbor of peace…..and knows it to be truth….within her heart that beats steadily…….just as she is sure of her place and of who she is……more than she ever knew or could have imagined…..love will be her guide in everything……as she imagines, feels, receives…..and more than anything…….the love that she gives……..will bring to her all that she desires……

The Dark One is spent from long hours of dueling with the demons that lurk in the shadows and attack her time after time without resolve…

….she sits and breathes in the cool night air, breathing to give life to her own heart……she has fought too hard for one day and needs the peace of her beloved harbor…..she aches with sorrow at the lies and delusion that the demons throw at her over and over…….knowing that she must hold on to hope and move to a life without such things within…..her only hope…….she holds on knowing they will come soon…….and she will be free to live again……a new start…….a new chance…and she must make it work……..and she will…with love and hope…….for she will not return to the lair of the past ever again……….

As the Dark One steps upon the path that leads to the gazebo on the hill, her heart beats…..

….as if it is telling her to be still and listen to the power that exists within her…..to the love that is still there buried deeply beyond the scars of the past......for it is love that will bring to her all that she wants…….light shines like a beacon from the full moon as it rises high…….a cloudless sky……..stars sparkling as if they are the orchestra performing a brilliant aria conducted by the universe……hope rises within her and she feels it as she has not felt it for so long…..stronger……with more belief that she will surmount the demons that lurk on the edges of her mind……in the darkness……the moon rises full above the lake shadowing the water with a brilliant pathway of light to the other side of existence……where she has longed to be for so long…..an existence filled with light, hope and love……no despair…….no demons……..only love……so that she may have the life she has dreamed of for so long……and she knows it will be…….

A ray of light so pure streams down and casts a shadow on the pavered walkway of the Dark One herself.....

….and she gazes downward at the armored profile wondering…wanting…..wishing….hoping for another shadow to join her among the bricks engraved with memories of day’s past……..someone new, someone with a heart that feels her own……a man or immortal who will feel as she does about her beloved harbor and will walk with her……..not against her…….as so many have…….someone of truth……..not one who holds back……..but one that gives all in passion of thought, feeling and belief……..not like the others who surround her who ignore the reality of existence……..what good can a life without truth be…..the Dark One knows it is nothing that she desires……her strongest desire is that of knowing truth from lie……..and to walk with someone who knows the same……who believes the same……but where is he……..hidden from her eyes for this time……but he shall appear from the shadows when her heart is free…….when that day comes is a mystery to her……..one she feels ripping at her very soul…..she desires light more than anything within her heart to free her from the sadness that has taken joy from her on far too many star-filled nights…….her only peace that of the glowing moon………but, soon, the Harvest Moon will be upon her and she hopes with her entire being that it will be on that night that love fills her heart more than ever………..forever………