By: Nathaniel K. So she closed her eyes, expecting that darkness would not reappear and it did not Her mind was full of colors, dancing and life. She danced along the nymphs of the lake, Jumped until her hands touched the sky. It seemed to be too good to be true. And it was. A dark shadow approached her, and she was once again frightened, but the shadow did something it had never done. It surrounded everything with darkness, but it did not come near her. She was scared to open her eyes, She was terrified of change, it seemed too unreal. She touthe pond and turned the Deadly poison to water full of life She touched the skinny, dead tree and Flowers bloomed and the birds sang and She stared at her hands and was astonished At powers she had upon this gloomy universe. She had overcome her fear of darkness, for she Was something greater than that. Light.