Embracing Darkness

As I reminisce upon the past,

It seems like only yesterday,

I once believed I loved the dark,

But light became my needed way.

A chill, it crept into my bones,

Slowly, yet with certain hold,

I craved a brightness so intense,

It might have left my sight a fold.

I searched and searched but found in vain,

I knew that I was truly lost,

Defenseless, then I gave in,

I yielded to the tempest's cost.

The dark it lured me in its grasp,

Hypnotic, with its subtle charm,

I tried to run, but could not flee,

For it had wrapped me in its arm.

I longed to forget, yet I recall,

The grip of night, its fierce embrace,

Though I wished to flee its thrall,

I knew it's something I can't erase.