do not run from beasts and shadows,
for in the dark; no hope there flows
and if there be no hope for you,
monsters will be hopeless too.

if you smile and wicked grin
the beasts will turn tail back therein
and you will reign victorious
o’er the darkness, glorious.

don’t be afraid of the dark, my dear
empty things like it are easy to scare.
you are more wicked, more worthy of dread;
make the darkness fear you instead.