When Darkness Falls

What is it about the blackness of night

That most people feel ill at ease

The absence of light and dimly-lit places

A mind-creation of Mephistopheles

What is it about when the sun goes down

And over the fringe of light

What transposes in a person's mind

When the present, has passed the edge of night

Seems there's no problem, in walking through a cemetery

As long as it is, sometime through the day

Take those very same steps when it's dark

Allay that apprehension and keep those fears at bay

Where do the creatures of night spend their time

When the sun's on the other side

In the non-existence of illumination

Where do the undesirables hide

Do ghosts and goblins do more hauntings at night

Why can't a werewolf, howl at the sun

And why are vampires active, when there is no light

For they thrive, when night-time has begun

Do they live by themselves throughout the day

And where is it, that they hide

Are they male or female or somewhere between

Does a demon, take a husband or bride

Why can't a ghoul feed on it's corpses

Around lunch or even, at breakfast time

Feeding in a graveyard when there is no light

Seem to be, when it is in it's prime

The shadow people in order to appear

To make a shadow, they have to have some light

And do demons of, whatever their realm

Mostly come out at night

So what is it about when the sun goes down

Why do they emerge, when blackness calls

Why don't they come out in the middle of day

Instead of, “when the darkness falls”