The light flees
As the darkness charges in
It's pitch black inside
My eyes are but needless luggage

Am I alone? I feel so
Evil roams in the night they say
Fear, creeps into my thoughts
It engulfs my mind
I try to run from it, but I cannot see
I shiver, it is cold

What gives the darkness its power?
Why do I fear it?
How can it chase away the light?
and just then, I see an ember in the corner
Its weak glow, racing to my eyes, unbothered by the mighty darkness

I realise, darkness doesn't chase the light,
it simply is the absence of light, a scavenger, it is nothingness
It's only power, is that I fear it
How then can darkness be evil, how can it frighten me?
When it itself, does not exist
© Olisadebe Onowu