Is it more courageous to face the day or to be the day?
Brave
I believe it far more courageous to
be the day than to face the day.
To brave the day is not impressive when
Night has you screaming in your sleep.
Night slinks thru its own shadows.
It sneaks down alleys and hallways,
trilling its own creepy theme music.
I yank the covers over my head
as Night dances beside my bed.
I wake with his laughter still in my ears.
With nothing but the darkness,
Night causes me to think of all
the things I typically avoid
dwelling on. I’m forced to ponder,
to question the good, the bad, the
profound and mundane, the what ifs,
the whys, the why nots, and the whatevers.
My gaze longingly lingers on the
horizon, hoping for the appearance
of the dawn. If I were the day,
I’d come faster.
Oh! to be the day!
To shine brighter than a thousand
far-away stars. To defeat the night
for everyone, and light the world,
to set it on fire.