Darkness Made It All Easier

Darkness made it all easier.
The nagging guilt and shame
That pierced his heart
Made the king stoop to the knees.
Not all his guilt; but a fate-
Inevitable, unavoidable, tragic!
‘Who is to be blamed?’
He shuddered with terror.
Acceptance is difficult, but
Darkness made it all easier.
Exile is now essential,
A quench for conscience.
All kingship, a waste.
All power, mere vanity.
‘My love, my sincerity,
Everything questions.’
She! Eurydice- his wife?
He can’t count, can’t think.
Her death - it seems
Darkness made it all easier!
How could he mourn, as a man or as a son?
Yet he wept, wept to the Dark;
Dried his lips and thoughts.
Daughters looked stunned
With newly born faces.
He cannot be sure!
He can’t face, can’t think.
His own darlings - indeed
Darkness made it all easier.
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