Light

I am six
Or seven
Asking my
Father to keep
The bedroom door
Ajar with the hall light
On so a bit of light will be
Reassuring to my younger
Two sibs and I all three of us
Afraid of the dark and this same
Condition seems prevalent now
Among those who fear what
If this or that happens and
Want some light on any
News events but we
Live in a world too
Complex to hear
All the news so
We search for
News while
We dodge
Commercials.
There was nothing
Scary in the dark as kids
Just our fear and I wonder
If the same is true with news
Today just scary stories to
Keep us awake and a
Few stockpiling food
And weapons for a
Ragnarok in their
Imagination too
Scary to try
To switch
Off FOX
Turn on
PBS
To hear
Some FDR
Tell us we have
Nothing to fear
But fear
Itself.