Safer In The Dark

I always thought the night

Would be the worst of all

The tossing, the turning

And that empty, three AM bawl

But lately the darkness

Brings a comfort unknown

At least in the shadows

My thoughts are my own

When the daylight starts shining

All things come to light

The memories come flooding

Each one drowning my sight

All the places that were mine

Are poisoned with you

All partings are hard

But I never knew

Each place you once were your essence lingers

Like the chill air as spring first arrives

I feel choked by reminders of your presence

The days when I felt most alive

In your absence each place is bitter-sweet

Reviving my pain with each vision

In the light there's no avoiding the reminiscence

But in the dark, it can be my decision

So I'm safer in the dark

Your intrusions no longer mine to bear

Unreachable by outside forces

Cradled only by my own despair.