i embrace the shadows (but long for light) kelsey
	p o e m s
			i embrace the shadows because the light does not like me the light burns images into my eyes, images i would rather not see but the light refuses to have mercy on me and the light doesn't let go of me and the firelight is worst of all, the firelight which flickers, flutters, but does not die the firelight which eats the shadows i do embrace but the firelight will never see darkness and that is the firelight's own fault. i embrace the shadows because the sun does not like me the sun burns my skin red and the sun smiles down upon me even when bad, sad, mad things are happening but the sun does not care it is always acting joyful and the sun reflects upon the water so i am not safe even there but then again, the sun will never see darkness and that is the sun's own fault. i embrace the shadows because the moon does not like me the moon does not understand that some hunt me the moon makes it so even the night is not safe and the moon only shows itself fully once a month and the man-in-the-moon does not realize he is taking away my sahdows, but the man-in-the-moon laughs anyway because i am forced out here, but the moon sees the darkness but he kills it also, and that is the moon's own fault. i embrace the shadows because the shadows know secrets told only in darkness and the shadows can hide truths and half-truths and the shadows hide me even if i don't deserve it, but the shadows do not care for me and the shadows will not comfort me, but the shadows keep some from hunting me and the shadows do not judge me but, still, sometimes i see the darkness but long for light, and that is my own fault.