What They Didn't Tell You

[DonSchaeffer]

Although it looks familiar and friendly
it wears a mask. Nobody knows
what it really looks like
at the entrance of change.
You can only assume darkness
because that is what you are told
by jealous servants of light.
.
This old world
that held so much fear
is not bound by contracts it made you sign.
Maybe you wake in the morning
to protect the night.
Maybe dreams
are not background noise.
Maybe eyes that grind away
at simple light are only toys.