Hunted (To Ursula Leguin) Poem by Aram Stefanian

Like Ged, the wizard of Earthsea, I'm hunted by a shadow
It's one of the Powers of unlife, and got no name
To work macabre evil through me is its immediate aim
I'm feeling shattered, all my energy-out the window

It's gonna devour my mind and possess my flesh
Unless I develop my strength and turn into a hunter
To chase after the shadow of my ignorance, an unseen spectre
And meet the nameless ghost face to face in hush

In the open sea where water is replaced by dark sand
I might confront with a shapeless creature without eyes
I'll call it by its real name when the sparrowhawk flies
After light and darkness meet, we'll be one in no man's land