sometimes i am afraid of the dark

the child in me jumps out and screams, cries

everyone always says they want to keep their inner child

but what if that makes you afraid of the dark?

maybe that whole battle for maturity is just so your adult side can sit there and calm your inner child down,
sit them
down,
take them
by the hand
and
say

"can we can play together?"

a poem inspired by a friend's bio, by zach blume