Photophobia

Posted by Britt on October 21st, 2009 filed in Poems

The pain is not from light

But what it illuminates -

The love of darkness

In your dim corners

That haven’t smelled day

Since you were a child.

Someone opens a window,

Disturbs your sleep, and

Like a thief, steals your fear.

This bright ray removes muck

From forgotten channels,

Erases cracks from mirrors,

And releases buried veins

Of temptation, gods, and sin.

Some burn and fall, others

Soar homewards into void

Away from the fear of light.

 

(Photo by Gina Kelly)