by Haley Gray

Created on: January 12, 2010   Last Updated: January 21, 2010

The night is dark

but in my head,

the night is darker still.

There are no stars to wish upon,

no wishes here at all.

I used to be afraid

(falling prey to fear would be the end of me)

now I've  let go.

Whatever happens will.

The darkness is not just anti-light,

it invades your mind,

corrupting it with irrationality.

sending our imaginations free.

For now, I sense no monsters near.

Dark swirls around me like black fog

and I use it as a blanket to guard me in my sleep.

The darkness,

after all,

is not nearly as frightening as what the daylight brings.

I count the hours til morning.

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