I'm Afraid of the Dark

What wiles will the night conceal?
Must I muster the courage to find out?
I'd rather wrap myself in my covers,
curl up and let my thoughts coalesce into dreams.
I can conquer the chimerical
but I'm bested by the unknown.

I lack the bravery to leave my bed.
A single step, and I could be stranded,
without a way to return.
Even if I try to trick it,
light a lamp and reveal its secrets,
there's still black around the next corner.

So I sleep, slowly letting the good slip by
because I'm too focused on avoiding the bad.