Are You Afraid of The Dark?

amandabird Poems

You aren’t afriad of the dark. You’re afraid of what you can’t see Can’t hear Can’t know. You shine a light into the darkness and see only shawdows, It casts claws Casts fangs, Casts horror onto what we can’t see. Because there are no monsters in the dark, Just the absence of light, And light is where the true monsters reside. You can’t see blood behind the Bible, The labels, The money, just like skin over vein Monsters rely on us squinting against the sun, Against their insults, and always their restrictions Those that make us sing requiem for life and for living #new So don’t shed light, and let compassion light the way. Don’t blind figures in the dark and don’t be blinded by the sun. After all, the boy who cried wolf whispered “I am”