I'm so scared
Whenever it's dark
Because in my heart
There's no light
To light my dark path.
Your first to handle
If there is power outage
Is find a candle.
A Light Shines on Nyctophobia
I have never feared the darkness
As a child I wasn't afraid
There's a security in the blackness
It's where night is kept and shadows are made
If you're frightened in the smothered light
By something you're unable to see
the blindness you experience
keeps you from being seen.
yet no matter how bright the light you shine
You will never see the face of darkness
Each night I wake in the same dream
and I scream into the darkness
I hear your footsteps
following me
I see your shadows
haunting me
I feel you
On a starless night in the swarthy heat
the streets are empty in the godless hours
and the chase is on
I sense you closing in behind me
so close I can smell
the sweetness of your perfume
In a brief glance, I see your outline
a brief moment to forget
the pleasure of your tongue
shattering my sinews
as you touch me
and I scream again
Fear and pleasure mingle
with the destructive desire of my senses
as your hands caress over me
slow and intense
and your kiss
silences my cry
My hushed mouth amusing your tongue
as your body slides into place
and our minds are in fusion
where words have no meaning
as you entice me to reach
beyond the gates
of my own limitation
to utter the words at your command
say it, say it mister
and in a whisper I say
‘I love you’
© JG Farmer 2017
Form: Free Verse
Night-time uneasiness...
Nonsense! Stupid brain! Daft
neurosis! Stop! Stop it
now! Better! Breathe... relax...
nodding off... What's that? Dark
netherworld's nightmare spawn!
No! No! No! No! No more.
Written 1st May 2017
Entry to "Pleiades n" contest
Notes: nyctophobia is the irrational fear of the dark. Most children have suffered this at some time, and even some adults can get it. Also the basis for ghost stories and horror films!
Nyctophobia
Darkness
instant horror
huge demon cannibals
hell's voracious toothy monsters
devour
Sandra M. Haight
~NA~
Contest: In 5 Lines Or Less #1
Sponsor: Skat A
Judged: 11/07/2015
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Nyctophobia is a phobia characterized by a severe fear of the dark.
Those afflicted may fear that there are monsters lurking in the dark
or ghosts that can attack them.
http://www.phobiasource.com/nyctophobia-fear-of-the-dark-or-of-night/
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