I am the darkness

 I may be darkness

But I am the darkness you

Rest and go to sleep in

That's sooths and cares,

The guardian angel 

That destroys and rejuvenates

That beta noire 

which just won't go away

I am the darkness pure

where all things lose their form

And words lose their power 

to the truth that humbles

The egos of tyreants

I am the darkness turbulant

of your disquiet soul

When ignored, unacknowledged demons

Come crawl out

Reminiscent constant

of your broken dreams, 

misbegotten loves,

and forgotten ambitions

I am the darkness young

formed of your own shadow

Shadow that remembers 

your secrets

That spreads itself around you

Poking holes from every direction

in lies you have been telling yourself 

I am the darkness unreal 

a metaphor casually used, 

now let loose into reality 

at your peril

An evil let lose 

by the Pandora's box of your imagination

I am the darkness eternal 

Ecomposing the universes

The dark fabric of galaxies

resplendent by shimering stars

I am darkness spiritual 

a state of mind

No light scares me to hiding 

You won't see me coming 

for I was always there

You won't see me leaving

I will always be there

I am the darkness clear 

I flaunt not 

the ignorance bred by blinding lights

But the pertinent confusions

Of lives misled

A product peculiar to 

An inexperienced, ephermal, existence

I am a darkness solid

Not just an absence of light

You don't get rid of me that easy

I am the fever that won't go away

A nosy intruder to your attentions

A nagging bad memory

The itch you can't help 

keep scratching

I am the darkness of 

A thousand and one nights

Stories told and untold 

Fantasies yet unfolded

The idea irresistible 

The stuborn song 

that just refuses to be sung

And be over.

- Sidharth Vardhan