Darkness

Power, lust, a thirst for blood
The darkness cries for more

Violence, carnage, blood and death
But still it’s not enough gore

Chaos, anarchy, senseless death
The darkness thrives on these

Pain and rage, anguish and terror
On these the darkness feeds

Greed, lust and selfish pride
They will not be ignored

And so the world will fall
To a greedy lustful hoard

Drunken lust, and pure brute strength
These make for atrocities
Mayhem, atrocities and mindless acts of rage
To darkness these are simply more possibilities

Murder, rape, and daily beatings
The dark leaves us diseased

Trauma, pain, overpowering fear
The darkness seems so pleased

Afraid of the darkness, and the pain it brings
We tend to run and hide

Afraid to be open with others lest
The darkness lurk inside

Peace and love and selflessness
The light longs for company

But no one comes for fear that light
Give way to tyranny

We all want love and security
But when on the door it knocks

We run and hide and fear the dark
While darkness, the door locks

We fear to be hurt, so we put up walls
We don’t even realize they’re there

If we are to bring down these walls
We must enter darkness’ lair

We must confront the darkness that be
In heart and mind and soul

To rid ourselves of its misery
We must pay a precious toll