Is there really such a thing as darkness
Is darkness a thing at all
Or is it just the absence of light
With a name put to it

Darkness is equalizing, beautiful
Nothing, everything, safe
Haunting, overlooked
But always there

Darkness is all some will ever see
It's simply there,
Not needed and unwanted

Darkness is safe,
No worries or pain,
Just dark

Darkness is the fear of the unknown
What's right in front of you
You could never know

Darkness is the night sky
So vast when the sun dips below the horizon
Captured in the perfect picture

Darkness is a small space around only you
It confines and isolates
Sometimes it can completely
Overwhelm you
This is when we find the light

We live in a world of polar opposites
You need light to compliment dark
Like yin and yang or a perfect work of art

If we are simply in darkness
No one is tall
No one is short
There is neither rich nor poor
Maybe to truly see each other
We need the dark