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Description
when you go, leave the light on.

your smirk is amused-
scared of the dark?

but it’s not the darkness itself
that injects fear
into me—

when it’s pitch black
the what-ifs
and the not-knowing
give the pretense
of safety-
goose-bumps rise to the occasion,
shivers grab their passports,
travel to lands far down
my spine.

the possibility of what could be
is enough to make
my heart palpitate
to speeds not known
to any cardiologist-
can’t breathe, can’t speak,
can’t scream.

rubies dancing on silent toes-
sharp and jagged and
encrusted with the whispers
and grabbing a rope and
tying and
crying and pulling
in all directions and-

tried to grab the voices today,
but it didn’t work.

Description
when you go, leave the light on.

your smirk is amused-
scared of the dark?

but it’s not the darkness itself
that injects fear
into me—

when it’s pitch black
the what-ifs
and the not-knowing
give the pretense
of safety-
goose-bumps rise to the occasion,
shivers grab their passports,
travel to lands far down
my spine.

the possibility of what could be
is enough to make
my heart palpitate
to speeds not known
to any cardiologist-
can’t breathe, can’t speak,
can’t scream.

rubies dancing on silent toes-
sharp and jagged and
encrusted with the whispers
and grabbing a rope and
tying and
crying and pulling
in all directions and-

tried to grab the voices today,
but it didn’t work.