1.

Why is darkness feared?
Absence of light. Absence of information. What is out there?
Blinding light is confusing, too.

Why is noise disturbing?
Too much information. Too much to untangle. How to make sense of it?
Silence can be unsettling, too.

Why are some smells disgusting?
Evolution keeps away from danger. Safety first. Where is the danger?
Strong fragrance can confuse the sense, too.

Why is the stark cold uncomfortable?
Your body must be cool. Increase the temperature.
Heat is troubling, too.

It creeps behind you

An unsettling touch
An unsettling smell
An unsettling sound
An unsettling sight

A glimpse is all that is needed
A feel that is there
Lurking in the shadows
And it springs on to you

In the cold
Such horrid smell
Such horrid noise
In the dark

And you turn around
Eyes wide
Skin tight

And you take a step back
Nose scrunched
Ears neurotic

But there's nothing here
Just an illusion

A fear of the unknown

It's been so long

No one has come to the Land of Tenebris

No, the Land of Destructive Tenebris

No soul in almost three millennia

I am okay, but the land is going cold

Knock knock
Your Shadow is here
Nature is coming, too

"Hello?"

. . .

Hello.

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2.

I saw the thoughts trickle into the veil
I felt for it, so I let it come

Existence

And it was wrong

You don't blame me
But he does
And I am sorry, but for now, that is all that matters to me

I want to talk to you again
Listen to you again
Play with you again
Know you again

You have been away for so long
You came here too, just a while go

Ignorant
Yet somewhat aware of our bond
So freeing, full of life
You give me joy
But you have sorrow buried within you

Memories... uncovered... too recently... too raw

I have waited this long, I can wait more
Bring the last of those who shouldn't exist
Whenever you are ready

I believe in you

We will become friends once again
We have always been friends
He will leave

I am waiting
without fear.

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3.  

The wish to not exist
To have never come here at all
To have never spoken

Or listen
Or live
Or die

The wish glows inside
Sometimes soft
Sometimes strong
Inside me

Inside both of us

But I am not existing
Not yet

And you are suffering

But we both exist, sometime
So we must do something

Meaning...

...Purpose?

I have to do what I have to do
By Nature's hand
You... are free

Or at least freer
Somewhen, somewhere

Yet you are struggling

I am here in your land
You are there with the living

You are angered by me

I hope you understand me someday

(Only one understands me
But yours will open me up
To the world of the Shadows)

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4.

In those forms, I taught you
Mentor, mentee
Abilities of the shadows
Two separate that worked well together

You were oblivious of your heart
Consumed by thoughts
Be detached

This is all useless
But I suppose you must fulfil your purpose

I told you that, after all

All these forms are confusing
Different times
Different spaces
Different truths

All is useless in the face of nothingness

You are kind

So, very kind

Trauma propagates to you

You are all alone
Even if I told you otherwise

I suppose in this moment of your existence, you are not alone
You are never alone

Perspective

Useless in the face of nothingness

Angels that heal the chaos of something

Do what you must and come back
So that we can be alone
together.

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5.

This element you like so much
It helps you understand the living
Their thoughts and emotions
Their truths and beliefs

Don't you find it too much?
All the sadness and pain
And joy and thrill
Their logic and reasons

We are here for the Truth
Duty

Be free of attachments
Be free of time
Be beyond the bounds of reality

Just be

In this form I aid your feelings
Pull out senses from your memories
And heal

But that is temporary
That is done

That is over

Come back

I must return, too

I am not a healer

Neither are you

But now you know that

Something binds us
We are not healers

We are simply of Hearth

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6. 

Our land has changed so much

Belief turned to blindness
Duty turned to desolation

Our world has changed so much

Physical interactions
Mental conversations
Emotional propagations
So lively

Dialogue
Descriptions
Storytelling

Most concrete, some abstract

Should all contract and just be
A part of the one

I was like this, too
A Shadow-Trapper
Yet not a Shadow-Trapper

I... what is the meaning of this? Who does I refer to?

Come to the one, here with me
Guide your world as you have just returned, nearly as I left
Then come here

Beyond the abyss
Into the dimension
A separate space, a think layer
For us
of Earth.

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7. 

Your meddling is often misplaced
We must be neutral
Out of touch
You touched the most

Destiny?
Choice?
A mix?
None?
A figment of Time's imagination?

I understand

You know

I did not wish for you to be alone
I did not wish for you to suffer so
But everyone is alone
And everyone is suffering

In my current view, you more than others

You are waiting for them
Be patient,
Time's friend

I know you are, so,

Until we meet again.