Darkness

Heavy like a twenty pound weight
on the chest of a baby,
the helpless despair you feel
will make you go crazy.

The silence suffocates you
but stillness lets you breathe,
it feels as if tonight,
you're as free as the nights breeze.

Although it may aid you in sleep
others cry in fear,
the beauty in the darkness,
is only in what one hears.

And this is the sound of tranquility
the words of your mind,
with the sensation of relaxation
comes the ticking of Father Time.