Hiding From the Light

Teasing us with its cover,
  darkness dances with itself 

Deep within the shadows
  of its blind self-indulgence

Prophecies unwritten
  die in murky condemnation
 
Giving birth to another lie
  —hiding from the light

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2013)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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