It Lingers

The Darkness is here

It lingers in that corner

Disguising itself as a shadow

But, shadows are never that dark

It waits

The opportunity is coming

It knows this 

It's patience is strong

I can't help but stare

I always see it

Sitting there, waiting

as if it were an old man reading a newspaper

It beckons

It calls for me to sleep

To drift off into dreamland

It wants me

It's always there

I cannot escape it

I will always resist it

It will always wait