Creatures of the Night

The Night Demons

Awake in the dark hours before dawn.
My mind gripped by the night demons,
Who drag me down dark byways
Of past years

From the black alleys of failures
To the murky rivers of wasted time,
Then the grey thick mists which hide
The darkest fears

Crying, please, where is the off switch for
My mind? This journey through my
Darkness is more than I can bear
Where is the light?

Then just when all seems hopeless
A glint of dawn softens the black land.
Daylight chases away the odious, dark,
Demons of the night

~Lynda Cracknell~