Maybe I Should Stay Home, But Is That Safe?

We travel by night and it's a terrifying time
It really is
You never know what's there lurking in the shadows
Ready to hurt you at any moment
Ready to inflict a pain that will echo into eternity
Bouncing around in the spectrum
Into muted angry darkness

I walk around deaf but not blind
My eyes are wide open and I'm scared
Scared that you, emotional and reckless stranger, are coming for me
Coming to end the happiness I feel
Coming to strangle the light if I let you
The light that you'll render yours without my consent and
In a fashion that's beyond my control

I'm tortured by your existence in my world
Ever present dark shadow and speeding car
Faceless pinpoint in the darkness
Gunning for my soul
Coming to end everything I know

Sometimes I stop and think about what I know about life
And I realize that all I know about life is that it's short.

I hate that.

1204121057P