Dear darkness
Do you know I love you?
Your inkiness which pools into crevices
Filling them up with nothingness
I adore
Oh, must you be so shy?
You resort to hiding
Under beds, behind cabinets,
Places I ache to reach but cannot
Won’t you come out?
I’ll step into a dark closet just to feel your embrace
But it just isn’t the same
So I stubbornly wait
For night to fall
For your spidery fingers to chase away the sunlight
For the room to turn into shadows
And when you arrive
I spend my nights with you like a lover
Wrapped up in your arms, mumbling
I do not fear you, not like they do
You harbor monsters they say
But you also are home to many creatures
Which I love, I love so
And when morning comes
And you’ve already retreated
I’ll slip out from beneath the covers
Defiantly stare into the sun
And wait on your arrival