Featured Poetry Corners:

• The King of Hearts, custom poetry done by Richard Van Houten.
• Weave Us Together A poetry book by Joyce Warren

POETRY CORNER The Endless Path By Dan W Mcmillan (-Silverpelt) Age: 19 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia The world turns and I turn with it I gladly get swept along by its force I think not of the future or the past All I am is now, and now lasts forever The world is filled with light A light that fills the universe And fills me completely with its radiance The world turns and I turn with it I see the force pulling me and twist I fight it and it relents, pulling me slowly Now I see the past as well as the present And I contemplate what is to come Still I am now, and now will last forever Forever is so very, very long There is darkness, but it a darkness I do not see. The world turns and I turn with it I feel its irresistible pull and see where it is taking me I see the darkness and taste fear of absolution Still I stand in the warm light But now I fear Still I am now, but now seems fleeting I see the darkness, and I despair. The world turns and I turn with it I fight and struggle but I cannot prevail Against the ancient enemy I was blinded by myself, but now I see I see that the light was merely a trick I am now, and the past I cling to But the future brings the shadow which grows ever longer The devourer that will one day claim me The world turns and I turn with it I hang limp in its grasp I have not the to the will to resist what cannot be resisted I feel alone and helpless The light seems pointless now It cannot last, it must end And I cry tears to the light for its abandonment I curse the light I love so dear The darkness looms before me, its maw spread wide The world turns and I turn with it It reaches for me and I take its hand I let it lead me, no longer afraid I ask myself the endless question I walk the path without end The light and the dark, they are the same? To deny one is to deny both? I see the answer but can never fully understand it The world turns and I turn with it I dance along the path wherever it leads Once again I am now I cling not to the past I think not of the future I am now, just now, and at last I see The shadow is cast be me It is the light that gives birth to the darkness It is the flame of life that casts the shadow I see them both and walk the line between For this one moment I shall never die For this one moment I shall forever be me