Don’t leave the light on for me
I’ll be home late tonight
I need some time in shadow
A moment away from the light
I need to walk among the trees
Beneath the pinprick stars
I need to smell the quiet air
And watch the passing cars
Just please give me a minute
I swear that I’ll be back
back to deafening brightness
returned from peaceful black
It's just,
My eyes are always sore
My head it always pounds
It's all so loud and busy
and I can’t drown out the sounds
I can’t hear myself thinking
and I cannot sleep at night
But at least it isn't dark in here
That’d be so awful right?
You’re all so scared of blackness
So afraid of what you’ll find
But I promise real fear comes
After light has left you blind
“Only evil dwells in shadow,” they say.
“Only roaches hate the light”
Then call me roach, and evil too
'Cause the world is much too bright.
Sep 29, 2021
Sep 29, 2021 at 12:10 PM UTC
Don’t leave the light on for me
I’ll be home late tonight
I need some time in shadow
A moment away from the light
I need to walk among the trees
Beneath the pinprick stars
I need to smell the quiet air
And watch the passing cars
Just please give me a minute
I swear that I’ll be back
back to deafening brightness
returned from peaceful black
It's just,
My eyes are always sore
My head it always pounds
It's all so loud and busy
and I can’t drown out the sounds
I can’t hear myself thinking
and I cannot sleep at night
But at least it isn't dark in here
That’d be so awful right?
You’re all so scared of blackness
So afraid of what you’ll find
But I promise real fear comes
After light has left you blind
“Only evil dwells in shadow,” they say.
“Only roaches hate the light”
Then call me roach, and evil too
'Cause the world is much too bright.
I think I'm supposed to be nocturnal.
Thank you for reading. - E.S.