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i hide from the dark.

it seeks me out and
i shut my eyes to
its creeping shadow.
i turn my face from
its sharpened claws.
i blot the darkness with
muffled giggles and
sunny days.

still it comes.

i drop into exhausted
sleep to busy the dark
from my head.
but once i stop to
rest, it flows around me
seeping into the cracks
upon my soul.
it weighs me down
bleeding into my dreams and
splintering happy memories
until i spill the dark in
wet tracks down my cheeks.

then it begins anew and
i hide
from the dark
once again.