Old Friends

Hello darkness my old friend,
For what things have you come to mend,
Why do you call so sweetly in the night,
Saying I can give up the fear and give up the fight,
The though of once again being alone,
Chills me right down to the bone,
The one thing that scares me is people's wrath and the look on their face,
The thing that can make my heart tear and race,
But when I feel like I can no longer defend,
Hello darkness my old friend. -DL