Darkness! ! Poem by Shankaran Kutty

I love darkness
For in its vast expanse
Those of skin fair and dark
Those size zero, or built like me
Are wrapped in an equality
An environment more socialist
Than dreamt by you or me

I love darkness
For when there is light
And everything seems so bright
That is when evil strikes
And imparts its pain
Leaving me to wallow
In the depths of melancholy

I love darkness
For it does not corrupt
My thoughts with what I see
An aching desire
That sets in
When I drink in those sights
In darkness, I find no more

I love darkness
For in its permeating glow
It kindles my dreams
And stokes my nightmares
And when I wake up in sweat
My scared grotesque face
Lies hidden from me

I love darkness
When a surfeit of emotions
Flushes my face
Be it when I drown in joy
Or stabbed by love
It hides my visage
From friend and foe.

I love darkness
For it envelopes us
At the time when that clown
We neither want nor invite
Arrive unannounced
To take us along
That final journey