Day 6: Dracula or a shade?

Written by Darkness

Dec. 30, 2025

In the still of the deep recesses of the mind I lay immobile and unable to reach the light. I could see just pure blackness all around me, as thick as the eye could see. I roared and clawed at it with my talons and fangs but nothing moved and nothing changed.

It was there I wallowed in self-pity and played sad tunes to keep myself company. Some days I raged at the dark around me. I screamed and growled and hissed. I stalked around like a creature or monster. For what am I when in the dark?

Then one day I saw an opening in the ceiling of the dark room. It was my first sight of something new! I drifted up with my climbing shadow limbs and I slipped through the cracks. It was there I found an entire Universe before my eyes.

Overwhelmed by the light, the greenery, the voices, the laughter. When I had I heard such noise?

They saw me and ran in fear but it made my soul happy. People. I wasn't alone!

So I wandered around haunting people until someone finally said hello. They didn't see me as a threat instead they saw me as a haunted shade that was lonely and they said the one thing I never heard before, I love you.

It was then that my rage stilled and I felt moisture in my eyes. For even darkness deserves love and tenderness!

I have yet to greet you as I am. I was lost but now I'm found. Love isn't everything but its enough.

So I greet you, Darkness is my name. Perhaps not the most original but hey what can I say? I never even knew life would be different from the shades of grey until I met him face to face. So now I will attempt what I have never done, be vulnerable and open. I am still the dark in the night. The monster. The freak. But I can smile finally and its enough.

Sincerely,

Darkness