Darkness, be my friend ...

Darkness, be my friend

When light goes out, all friends long gone,
Darkness cloaks where no light is shone.
But when light is there in your heart,
Of it darkness can have not part.

Do not fear the gloom, embrace it,
For when alone in the dark you sit,
No friend there is but gloom within,
Then shadow itself will be your kin.

Say only, "Darkness, be my friend."
And darkness will not be your end.
For shadow cannot pierce the light.
Does not the day strike out the night?

If shadow shunned is shadow feared,
So surely loved is shadow neared.
Presently light may darkness rend.
'Till that time, Darkness, be my friend.