Darkness Protects

Your darkness shields me

            The light cannot touch where you rest

            With you, I see all that was and will be

            You allow some to pass the test

            You have endured so much

            From sand, snow, to rain

            You help all you touch

            You never had to train

            You are used

            And then you are used again

            You hide us when we’re bruised

            Or when our tears have left a stain

            Even when it burns

            You never left us alone

            With night and day we take turns

            And never once have I heard you groan

            When upscale and costly

            You swiftly leave

            When purchased reasonably

            To me you seem to cleave

            You are my companion

            Without you I am blinded

            By this light filled canyon

            Darkness protects, have you me reminded.