AFFINITY OF NIGHT

I see many fantastic inks so far. I have updated the competition rules, you may submit up to two entries. Looking forward to seeing more.

                 Darkness and Light

  You cannot have have darkness without the light
    You cannot have a morning without the night
    You cannot have a void without the occupied
    Darkness is akin to light more than you like
             Dark is the yang, yin is the light
        And somewhere in-between is your soul
                    Dwelling in the twilight!

Unceremonious Ritual

I long for her in the night,
Like a song of dark tales and black veils
 In the way she grooves,
 In the way she moves,
Like undulating and stimulating waves
 Of passions in the darkness,
   Crashing into madness,
Yet she lingers softly in the shadows.

I ache for her in the dusk,
Like erotic nightmares with sensual stares,
 And exotic dreams I’ve yet to share,
 Which can only be visualized in the dark,
It’s a play of airs full of sensory insinuations,
 And none of the deprivation,
 Which can only be embraced
In the obscurities of the lark.

I yearn for her in the gloom,
Without limit, boundaries or uncertainties,
 I am one with her as she with me,
 Like an unceremonious ritual,
Uninhibited and yet so spiritual,
Where secrets lusts are at the cusp,
 Overflowing and forever going,
Into the deepest realms of the unknown.

I hunger for her without dread,
 For I do not fear anything.
 Living and or dead,
She will belong to me complete and whole,
 And in that darkness we will stay,
 For a thousand years and a day,
My affinity for the night is in the crux,
 At the center of me, in my soul.

After much deliberation, I decided on the winner, Madame, for her entry Yöllinen. Esoteric, like ancient folklore, colourful metaphors. A write that paints a picture, and that it did. Quite an enjoyable read.

For the runners-up, Jade, your bleak romantic piece, symbolic of the darker nature of humanity, evoked deeper thought.

And God-Is-In-The-Rain, your piece challenged the nature of the competition, showing an outside-the-box perspective, for the absence of light is darkness itself. I imagined the chaos of this, as many a creature wonder where went their sustaining light, succumb to madness.

Congratulations, and thank you all for participating.

You can throw one hell of a competition Void. I wish for more. I regret I didn't have the courage, or confidence to enter.  Great choice on the winners. Congratulations Madame.  

Thanks for the win & congrats to all--great comp, great writes!