Author's Notes
Midnight sun is a natural phenomena where the sun remains visible in effective "midnight". Apparently, it only happens in the Artic and Antartic circles during summer, but I'd love to see that. The photos are beautiful. In a literature sense, it refers to the light in the darkness, simply put. I thought it was a fitting title.
This poem is set between Velgemon's "enlightenment" and Koji purifying the fractal code.
The last one was going to be Daybreak, but then I changed my mind and called it Golden Hour, which is pretty much the same thing. Golden Hour just seemed more...fitting.
Enjoy, and tell me what you think.
Approaching Dusk
It wasn't a one step process getting there. Set during/after the Duskmon saga.
Kouichi K/Koichi
Rating: T
Genre/s: Poetry/Angst
Midnight Sun
Light struck. Blinding, searing, burning,
Illuminating the truth in that clouded veil of deceit.
Another child, another human, wandering lost amidst the
Monster clouded in anger, betrayal...and darkness.
The sky was torn asunder; the beast roared
In an agony that thundered across the broken landscape
Like my heart, suddenly bursting as two sides, two beings
Waged war against each other.
Eventually, the chaos eased, the truth revealed.
But the hold was tight; it twisted, it churned.
Pain. Sadness. The childish cry. Mama!
Comparing in wealth and content; twisted, distorted truth...lies.
The beast took flight once more, but the child lived on,
Reaching towards that small beacon of painful light.
At that point, I saw him, he saw me.
And then the last chain broke. Beast within, without.
Upon the battlefield beckoning both darkness and light,
Fire shone, burned, kindled bright. Bonds steadfast.
Hope soared. Spirit cried. Pure agony shot through my chest, my heart-
Midnight's sun shining upon the drowning soul...freedom last.