Night ------ +Lady_Blaze+

Night

My head begs to be cleared of the shadows that inhabit its depths
The black pool is in want of being purged and purified
There is an influence hording the body, and I must fight through the gloom
Created by a thought, biting words, a terrifying knowledge, and I consumed it whole
It is something I will never touch on again in hopes of regaining the confidence I now lack
The human mind is a complex thing so I have heard
But now I feel simply vulnerable to my worst nightmares
Unexpectedly let out of the closet and roaming my consciousness
We do not know of fear until we can smell it in our breath
Taste its taint and see the faint obscure shadows twisting like obscene phantasms
On the very edge of our vision
Or perhaps it is simply a fear stemming from our adherence to fear itself
We cling to it because we do not know what would become of us without it
Would my heart sink into ash and the bones liquefy within my petrified self as I face the dread
Yet to realize
It is far safer to avoid a confrontation with the great master of deadly deception
Than to seek a lifting of the shroud
Bringing the dark into my mind, it sinks into my brain
Like a parasite longing for a comfortable place to leech life from
The white flag of hope is lifted under the shroud
Only when we believe in the thing we are vainly inflicting our own bloody wounds with is there
The Night under our skin

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