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A Love A Beacon Between Heartbeats in the Darkness
Written by Miguel Santiago inspired by the song (Shadow of a doubt by LAR, Fagin & Marg Pappas)
Part I
Should I tumble into the silent intervals between the rhythm of your heartbeat, into the crevices that embrace the most profound shadows, do not let despair claim me. Reach out, intertwine your fingers with mine, and lend me the strength to rise again. Rekindle my extinguished constellations when my dreams seek the soft luminescence of hope and the darkness seeks to quench my inner light.
In the pursuit of azure skies, when the lush quilt of clouds obscures the serenity I seek, be my compass, my anchor amidst the roaring storm. Stand steadfast by my side when the winds of uncertainty seek to steer me off course when the horizon fades to a mere whimper, a faint echo barely discernible amidst the cacophony of life’s trials.
During the impending dimming, when my light flickers and threatens to surrender to the encroaching shadows, remember your promise. It’s in these testing moments, and these battles waged against the forces of time and despair that you become the beacon guiding me home. Your unwavering faith in me, your profound love for me, casts a brilliant echo, defying the odds, revealing paths that even the densest forest of hardship had sought to hide.
Remember that this love, this inexplicably potent connection that binds us, is more than a fleeting…