black box

I engulf souls

I have an insatiable hunger

I project ghosts

Imaginations in your mind

I am that strange noise

Tickling the window

I make children shiver

Even when it's not cold

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But I often cry and cry

And you are my only solace

The only arms wiping away my tears

When I am embraced by you

I dissolve into the salty dampness

that is my pillow

Thinking that if anyone askes

I'd say I sleep-drool

Then I realize,

I am not afraid of darkness

But the demons within me.