A Light to Fight the Dark

I'm good at being alone.

Perfected the art.

Brought it down to a science.

And in the screaming silence

I always told myself.

This is what peace feels like.

But there are monsters in the black.

I've seen them

And the fear behind your eyes

Tells me you believe.

You see them too.

The world says they're not real.

There are no monsters.

Men aren't monsters.

But you and me

We've seen the shadow world.

No one but me

Could better say

I'm better off alone.

But no one's better

In the void of dark thoughts.

That's where those monsters thrive.

In that silent black

They built their home.

They made their bed.

There is light in all of us

That drives those beasts away.

But that light is a reflection.

And only through each others' eyes

Can we see it in ourselves.

You are my hero

And I am yours.

And perhaps we are our own.

And it's that strength

That binds us.

Not the monsters that we share.

Not the darkness overcome

But the light

We gave each other.