I Am the Darkness

I am the darkness

of the night.

I am the horror

that fills you with fright.

I am the screech

which causes your soul to take flight.

Try and try

with all of my might,

To act out of goodness

and walk in the light.

Yet as I watch

the spirit flow,

I beg the darkness

not to go.

Stay with me,

at least for awhile,

And walk with me

on this treacherous mile.

I glance at the mirror,

catch myself smile.

Who knew I'd become 

so cold and so vile?

But with every

option I was given,

Back to the darkness 

I felt I was driven.

One day it hit me,

I feel I must say,

That the darkness was part of me

in a very deep way.

So twist and turn,

The way a river will churn,

But I am the darkness,

And the darkness...

Is me.