Stripping Souls

                                               Darkness avenges light and swallows it up.

A burning sun dies, 

melting in a horizon where orange flames mold with stars.

Shadows awaken and roam a world.

A black cloud is studded with blazing stalks; 

swaying and jumping throughout the dark.

An exquisite pearl rules a sky.

Slowly and on toes...

Secrets are born, 

masks of empty smiles and eyes fall

tearing flesh and bones;

and what we thought as mythical creatures are shed,

awakening the truest nature of souls.