Taking the writing challenge using the phrase: "The Night Inside Me"

Embrace transcendence; but tread so lightly.

The co-dependence, stand right beside me

Deniable perturbance, it feeds the mighty.

The real disturbance; the night inside me

But the dark calamity won't deny me. 

Oh... to long, 

for a bond  - 

with the strong, the sightly Knight beside me. 

Let the kite glide free, with a fool who might be, 

holding on tightly... don't abide thee

The days of light be, bright with spite- relying blindly 

on the the sun; but we're spun... 

and there is no ride free. 

The night inside, is not calm and quiet. 

It's a cricket riot. 

So I wait with the bait, 

and stand up just and rightly,

 but I only might be. 

10/8/23

Melinda Lantz-Theissen Marinko