Darkness

The darkness is a tangable evil
swallowing my mind and body alike,
loosing me in its velvety enfolds
regardless of who or what i am.

Monsters go bump in the night
but not the demons of fairy tales,
these are the real ones
made more monstrous by their own choice.

Down dark allys they prowl
images glimpsed in the pistol smoke,
the innocent praying on their knees
silouetted by the street light.

A ray of hope can chase these away
as the sun battles the night to win at last
to shed glroious light over the land
but the darkness will come again.