IN MY DARKNESS
Candice James
Copyright 2009
I realize I’m afraid to be alone,
Scared of the emptiness
And the way it echoes.
Darkness has always been
My dreaded chamber of silence,
My cavern of fear.
When I’m alone,
My darkness has a raw red edge
And the silence is saw toothed,
Cutting through my mind,
Lighting all those foggy, mist covered drawers
Of buried memores,
My secrets hidden within.
Alone in the vacuum of myself,
I witness frightening things
Coming to life,
Breathing down my neck
With fetid breath.
Dragons I have slain in the past
That will not stay dead;
Monsters with red eyes and bony fingers
Pointing at me,
Accusing me.
I am afraid to be alone.
I’m afraid to the bone
Because I fear
The me I might bump into
In the darkness;
In my darkness.