Darkness

Darkness

Layers and layers of darkness

Layers and layers of suffocating darkness

Darkness

I use the darkness to hide

I use the darkness to hide who I am

Darkness

Simultaneously friend and enemy

Simultaneously best friend and relentless enemy

Darkness

It allows me to hide

It allows me to hide my truths

Darkness

Devours and snuffs out light

Devours and snuffs out the light of possibility

Possibility that feeds dreams

Possibility that fuels desires

Possibility of what could be

Possibility that allows for full flowering

Possibility that allows for sight

Possibility that helps us breathe

Possibility that allows us to see who we could be

Darkness that snuffs out that sight

Possibility that lifts us up and allows us to breathe

Darkness that drags us down and sucks up air

Not all darkness is internal

Some is imposed by others knowingly or not

Some is laid by things said wrong

Respect and love can lift the darkness

Lift it and shatter it

But their lack imposes it all the more

And can make it harder to break

See part and see all

Don't let the darkness hide you

Don't let the darkness win

So they say

But saying is easier than doing

Doing when crippled by doubt and worry

Let your light shine

Shine for all to see

But what if they refuse to see?

See who I truly am

See what I want to show

See that which is within

So I choose darkness

Darkness to hide and protect

But that same darkness is killing me