DARKNESS OBSCURES (April Poem-A-Day Challenge - Day 6...Hiding)

darkness conceals

all that is real

that which light

so strongly reveals

memories flood back

in this night’s black

of a time long gone

one fondly looked upon

beneath the years

laughter and tears

one so innocent and vulnerable

replaced with one less gullible

a time of youth

long since passed

years gone by

with wisdom amassed

light interrupts

what darkness obscures

revealing a truth

of which we’re unsure.