light1 – 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination. 7. the aspect in which a thing is regarded. 12. to set burning, as a fire. 14. to give light to. 15. to brighten. 21a. to come into existence or prominence. 21b. to understand something at last.
Inspired by a line from the story "Aibou" on Mediaminer, written by Flamedramongirl.
"I am... drawn to you... to your light."
"Like a Moth to a Flame"
by Aislynn Goldleaf
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vacant.
darkness.
chill nothingness...
no emotions.
no light.
no hope.
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only
void.
emptiness.
abyss.
drifting...
chained.
immobile.
inert.
numb.
millennia passed...
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a pinpoint of light...
faint sensations...
determination.
frustration.
radiant altruism.
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glimmer...
gone.
bright hope
gone.
shining brightly
gone.
defiantly
gone...
flickered
gone.
then teased
gone...
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hope that had
grown...
died.
darkness closed
surrounding
icily enfolding
no illumination
no light
no hope
only despair.
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light pierced me
pain.
my eyes!
pain.
determination.
pain.
frustration.
pain.
unselfishness under it all.
pain.
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yet the light
called to me
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beckoned...
me...
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like a moth...
drawn...
inexorably...
towards
a flame
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I am drawn
to the light
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your light
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you.
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I am...
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drawn...
to you...
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to your light.