…inspired by a prompt at Sunday Scribblings, this is essentially a spontaneous first draft of a piece I’ve written featuring a current ‘self’ talking to a past ‘self’ seeking union as a better future ‘self’…
…I will continue to edit this work in place here until I am satisfied with it…
…here is edit #1 in which I create a one-on-one conversation between ‘past self’ (bold) and current ‘self’ (italics) – the original draft of the piece follows this edit #1…
Union
edit #1 draft
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there is a darkness
slinking
in the corridors of yesterday
you have known its presence
encountered its essence
felt its grip
it frightens me
because it is me
a bygone you
but it frightens me
because it is
because it is so devious
debilitating
all-consuming
if granted license
it lurks in shadow
collecting
collecting the dark matter
that steals into my life