We usually say "step into the light"
when there's nothing but night
but do we say "step into the night"
when the light is so bright that it
not only blinds but burns out our eyes?

When extremist's play their games
to blind our sensitive eyes
it doesn't matter if they're
using darkness or light.

It's all the same if you're snowblind
or just left alone in the dark.
whether it's viral or bacterial 
it's still an infection.

Feeling our way in the heavy black
air – too thick to breathe.
fumbling around in the light
gray
air -- too thin to breathe.

Caught in the loop of groping the walls of our minds in twilight,
struggling to refocus in moonlight,
then so exhausted by daybreak
that we sleep it all off until dusk.

Too much darkness
Too much light
Too much cold
Too much heat
Too much pleasure
Too much pain
Too much sunshine
Too much rain
You can have too little
or too much of anything.