i am afraid of the dark

I am afraid of the dark.

At a crooked glance,

I hide myself so I cannot see the world.

Darkness intrudes,

long tendrils elope my mind.

When the sun is absent,

I sit in the shade.

In truth I would rather be blind,

than to unwrap the gifts.

After all, what is unseen I cannot understand.

I sit alone in the darkness;

Praying for daybreak,

Blood red horizons pierce my beating heart.

-S.L