are you afraid of the dark?

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I've only ever been

called "a dark cloud"

no room lit up when i

entered...

I never was a reason for

anyone's smile, but i

suppose i fueled their

frowns...

Nobody ever called me

up to dry their tears,

i would comfort them if

they did...

Instead they told me

i was a storm cloud over

their parade, a demon

with a razor tongue.

They told me I was made

of darkness;

So i painted my

nails black and revamped

my wardrobe.

I wiped away any

trace of a smile and

traded spoken emotion

for numbness.

They told me I was darkness,

So

darkness

                  I
         
                       became

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