#nyctophobia
The dark, it makes you vulnerable,
Blind, the silence is vast and wide
The nefarious roam, thrive,
It’s filled with the unknown
Is it real or fake? You’ll never know,
They’ll never show
You’ll seek it out but it will hide,
You’ll wonder and it will ignore
The unknown likes to hide,
To keep you guessing, on your feet
You keep your walls up,
It tears them down, exposes you
You’ll try to see but it will blind you,
You’ll try to hear but it will give nothing
This is the dark,
This is the unknown-
This is Nyctophobia.
Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC
You aren't trapped in darkness
You are simply hiding from the light
Taking a break from being seen
Jan 23, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 at 10:21 AM UTC
The muted pain from a gory nightmare
that lingers even after waking up
the fear of the dark that beckons a stare
the comfort drink sitting cold in its cup.
There's no point trying to go back to sleep.
Even when awake, an ache still remains.
There's no solace from the creatures that creep
for when pain follows, dreams have painful stains.
The cycle of fearing the Night begins
when a dark thought within finally wins.
Dec 7, 2017
Dec 7, 2017 at 11:36 PM UTC
Some people are afraid of spiders
Because they've felt fangs in their skin and the venom in their veins.
And they say the way to cure it
Is to caress the eight gentle legs and learn to trust the eight gentle eyes.
Some people fear the sea
Because they've felt the air leave their lungs, believing it'll never come back.
And they say the way to cure it
Is to let one's body be embraced by the tide and embrace the love of its waves in return.
Some people fear the dark
Because they know what hides within the absence of light and they've heard what goes bump in the night.
And they say the way to cure it
Is to turn off all the lights and touch the shadows. Finding the beauty in the ignorance of what happens around them.
But you, brave soul,
Do not suffer from arachnophobia, aquaphobia or nyctophobia.
Only one terror controls your life, daring you to face it.
For you, my friend
Fear love.
Because you have been broken
Time and time again
By those who said they loved you.
And the only way to cure it
Is to fall so deeply
That you forget the spider bites, the rising tide, and to turn on the light at night.
But mostly you will forget all those that hurt you.
And your heart
Will be free
To love
Unconditionally.
- p. winter
Jun 22, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 at 5:56 PM UTC
*There is not one person
that isn't afraid
of the dark.
The fear
of the
deep
dark
abyss,
A fear of the unknown.*
Jan 5, 2017
Jan 5, 2017 at 8:35 PM UTC
“Are you afraid of the dark?”
No. Not at all, in fact.
I really don’t mind
A pitch-black room.
What I am scared of,
Is my dark.
The dark that swallows my vision
When I lay down at night to sleep.
This deep, dark dreamland
Is far more severe
Than what any nightlight could fix.
Sleep is a tsunami.
I am a swimmer in the middle of the storm.
With each paddle, I am taken out and under.
Insomnia is my buoy.
The constant rattle in my head
Reminds me of the tempest to come.
Nightmares are like sharks.
They eat and gnaw on my thoughts
Shredding my soul to pieces.
Mar 8, 2015
Mar 8, 2015 at 11:14 PM UTC
Paranoia in the dark of night
creating shadows into figures
and creatures from stacks of ***** laundry.
It whispers sounds of footsteps into my ears,
feigning the noise of an intruder.
It makes the darkness malleable
morphing it into a monster under my bed
or a boogeyman in my closet.
Maybe I’m paranoid of the dark…
Or perhaps whatever lurks within it.
Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 5:34 PM UTC