The Dark and The Darkness
Who's afraid of the dark?
Given the proper circumstances we all
are
the monster lurking under your bed
a night light for nocturnal ventures
down a corridor you've traveled 1000's
of times before
even as an adult a power outage can
lead to freaking out
or an impromptu make out session
The Darkness
that lizard brain flight or fight
response
not due to the dark
instead its a much more deep rooted
thing
buried under false memories
in the far unnamed cortexes of the
brain
pushed down- drowning in the well of
our hearts
slinking around with a monkey wrench in
our soul
inky skies leaving one with a sense of
floating
there are no shades of gray
its love or hate
yes or no
in or out
so which is it?
Even at high noon on the Solstice its
there
it is the reason you drink
the reason you take drugs
the reason you cheat on your partner
the reason you beat your wife
the reason you burn down the house
Dark skies above portend of evil
The bad guys wear always wear black
things that go bump in the night
the unknown
yet it is the known
The Darkness that is scariest of all
things people don't know about you
things that you don't talk about
things you try to avoid thinking about
The things that are the root of the
problem
The monster- and everyone has one
is what sets it off
but the monster is just a spark
the gas can is the time your uncle
raped you
your friends left you
your disease raised its ugly head
your country betrayed you
If asked again
whose afraid of the dark?
I'll reply its the Darkness that scares
me.
