Darkness

Tonight, I am not afraid of darkness.

My eyes are closed

and now open.

Nothing changes- immobile darkness.

Tonight, I am undaunted.

 

I look around to drink in

My room, my hands, my face.

Only boundaries of skin.

So insignificant.

Tonight, I am not afraid of it.

 

I am not scared of it devouring me

I am not scared of ghosts like I used to be.

I pine for darkness in place of lightbulbs

Because tonight, fluorescence drips from my spine.

And tonight, I am willing to diffuse in it.