i stand alone in a vast and barren wasteland
painful memories and shattered dreams wrap themselves around me like iron shackles
i stumble along looking for an end to or an escape from this place
but the memories and the pain are too heavy...i can not go on
sobbing quietly i sink to the ground...clutching the memories and pain to me
i do not know how long i sit there...the blackness deepens and a cold wind whips the dirt and sand around me
suddenly before me there is a presence....it is dark and a little frightening...but at the same time i am inexplicably drawn to it
Without words the presence tells me that it can take me to a place without the memories and the pain......a place of oblivion where nothing can hurt me
with a wave of its hand it makes the memories and pain detach from me and holds them easily in one hand
i feel so light...so free.....that i rise from the ground and reach toward the hand that it extends toward me
Our fingertips brush .......suddenly i sense something in the distance to my left
It is a brightly glowing light and i hear a whisper of a voice say ..... no no my sister..........that is NOT the way
Come with me i sense from the dark one....NOW!...only I can bring you peace and oblivion
Undecided and confused i look from one to the other
The light is so beautiful and i am drawn to it ......but it is so very very far away
come with me I am the only way out of the PAIN...the only PEACE..... the OBLIVION you crave so badly
again in the distance i hear the faint ....no...from the light...............
DECIDE come with me to PEACE...to OBLIVION...the dark one says
no...i say quietly pulling my hand away........you FOOL...with a single motion of an arm my memories and pain are hurled back at me...clawing and attaching themselves to me
I could have brought you the OBLIVION you want...and I ALWAYS WIN IN THE END! the dark presence hissed and disappeared
i am knocked to the ground by the force of the memories and pain that claw at me
what have i done .........what have i done........i think as i slowly and painfully crawl towards the very distant light......that now seems to glow more brightly..............
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