Nyctophobia - Afraid of the Dark

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    Nyctophobia - Afraid of the Dark

    It’s normal for humans to fear darkness
    we have our own reasons why,
    either adult’s or child’s meekness,
    I don’t care but doctor try
    to speak out the phobic behavior

    Adult have fears, more on children too
    and when the lights are switched off,
    night fear is common to the two,
    once candle light is doff,
    inky dusk absolutely embraces phobia

    A child cries alone in the dark
    to let mum dad be in him,
    nocturnal wolves began to bark,
    the lad’s room started to dim
    stealthy shadows moving, creeping behind walls

    Undefined imaginations conceived in mind
    if this fear will go on in time,
    soon fear, gloom and child combined
    would lead scary nights worth in dime.
    by the thoughts of darkness alone, nyctophobia is here

    So no child be left alone to watch
    scary shows, movies but story nice
    in gloomy environment to match
    well lit surroundings denies
    nyctophobia’s coming, that’s the remedy

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    thoth commented on Nyctophobia - Afraid of the Dark

    03-28-2009

    loved it. its nice when you can see pieces of yourself within others you've never met. gives that sense of one...

    amamimichiyo commented on Nyctophobia - Afraid of the Dark

    03-23-2009

    i love it. naka-relate po ako. in fact, until now, m afraid of the dark esp. when the clock strikes at 12 midnight. it really scares me a lot.

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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