Darkness. Courage. Hope. A furious battle between light and shadow. The light burns the mountaintops. The shadow sneaks up from the valley. Caught in the crossfire, we watch. We are helpless in this fight. Beams of sunlight break valiantly through the thick clouds. The ridgelines light on fire from the sun's fury. Even the river below us seems to be fleeing from the shadow. Alas, there is no escape. Darkness. Darkness. As much as we beg for the light to stay, it cannot. The light must retreat. The sun must sleep. Every day, the darkness threatens to swallow us. Over and over again. And yet, there is hope. Hope that the sun will not sleep for long. Hope that the battle must go on. Hope that no matter how dark it gets, there will be light again. Hope. Humans are fragile creatures. But we are brave. We must believe that our light will return. We must believe that the darkness will not last long. Even as the darkness consumes us, we will survive. Consume.