The Darkness Within

Everyone cowers

Before the threatening darkness

And the monsters our minds create

That lurk within it

Everyone cowers

When the lights flicker out

And they are left with nothing

But uncertainty

I am not afraid of the darkness

That inhabits this world

No

I am much more afraid

Of the subtle

Yet brutal

Darkness

That festers within

Because there is no way

To turn on the light

And let the darkness out

When it inhabits

My very soul