without You there is nothing

here within the silence

of nighttime shadows

lie unexplored depths,

mountains ready to climb,

dreams worth dreaming,

unspoken words

waiting for discovery;

without You

there is nothing;

for everything there is a price,

unseen costs and unknown tolls,

untold suffering and unspeakable sacrifice,

invisible lines and barriers without relief,

fantasies beyond the realm of possibility,

more than we can comprehend,

symptoms of the fear,

part of the process,

payment for services rendered;

without You

there is nothing;

trapped within the truth,

hiding among the enemy,

running from the end,

searching for secret sanctuaries,

they can take it all,

they can strip the clothes

from your back,

but they can never take this,

they can never take You,

so much lost,

so much forgotten,

so much unknown,

so much farther to go;

without You

there is nothing.

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