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Are You Afraid of the Dark?

July 5, 2015
By TabithaL SILVER, Suffolk, Virginia
TabithaL SILVER, Suffolk, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"Speak only if it improves upon the silence"- Mahatma Gandhi


Are you afraid of the night?
Where the creepy-crawly things crawl,
And where you are lost of all sight,
And the dark conceals all?
You know, in the depths of the night they emerge to play
It's fight or flight
When the dark conceals the day.
It waits under your stairs,
Catching your little feet.
Come if you dare,
It will devour you like a treat.
Will you try to stay awake?
Do you want to play a game?
How much can you take until you break?
You'll wish you never came.
Do you hear that sound?
Listen at best intent.
Dare to look around,
At all the little things you have only dreamt.
If you're not afraid today,
You will be tonight
Because the dark takes all its prey
Every. Last. Bite.


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on Feb. 8 2016 at 8:52 pm
Eccentric101 GOLD, Chesterton, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
"I loved with a love that was far much more than love." Edgar Allan Poe

Welp, guess I'm not going to sleep tonight. Lol.