The Sun Sets Poem by Amanda DelVicario

The sun sets leaving behind darkness.
The sun sets so that it can disappear.
The sun sets to escape that which it fears,
A darkness that swallows everything in its path,
A darkness that dissolves all light,
A darkness that destroys all warmth,
A darkness that consumes all hope.
Tiny black fingers cling to you Sun.
Tiny black fingers beg to go with you.
I wish to go with you too.
But you hear not my screams,
You see not their fingers.
We are all left behind,
With nothing to look forward to,
But for the coming darkness.