Will you stand by me through my ups and downs? Will be with me 'till the end of this battle?

Darkness beckons me to come nearer and I have no choice but to accept. Slowly...carefully... I take unwanted steps towards it. These involuntary movements strikes fear into my heart. The inevitable truth stands before me, clutching the collar bounded to my neck.

I can not escape.

Surely fate can't be this cruel?

But alas, he is..

He is ready to take the vision of all he sees fit. He will darken my eyes and leave me wandering...groping around 'til I can do no more than to stay in this state...

But before Fate cruelly takes away my sight...I look behind me and see you...

Visions fill my eyes for the last time. The moments we spoke, the moments we laughed and cried; all coming back to me in a shimmer of light...

I understand now.

Even after my eyes go blank and my senses dulled, our memories will be the light of hope I'll hold on to...

Therefore I ask you...

Will you stand by me through my ups and downs? Will be with me 'till the end of this battle?

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I'm sorry for that rather 'dark' free verse I made... I'm just really scared right now... but I want to let you know that I'm still hopeful that somehow... everything will be fine...

Have you ever thought...how scary it is to be blind? To have the scenes and the sights you once loved stolen away from you? How can you write, read, watch anything then? Will crying be the only use of your eyes once you lost your sense of sight???

Tell me, how can anybody not be afraid of going blind...