‘Darkness’ no longer instills fear
within,
this being: a color that fills a
space and
not that which lingers in the
crannies
of a mind, heart or spirit
it had been instilled as a hurtful
place,
a place of emptiness, one of
loneliness
but as naivete waned it became a cove
of solitude where ‘selfless’ is found
in the years that have accrued, i’ve
learned
that in darkness there is light and
when
light pierces through, darkness is
eviscerated
from that space where fear resides
in my learning of gathered years of
aging,
‘Hate’ has replaced the space that
darkness
once resided, for it is this demon
that must be
squelched, it must be destroyed
some carry this ‘hate’ in their
pockets for they
have been bitten and devoured by it
and on
every occasion will pull it out to
contaminate
all that surrounds, in hearts and
minds
let us not fear ‘hate’ for then it will have won