Child of Moon Awake With Ghosts

This poem is about someone fighting many internal battles, someone with sadness and depression, someone who is haunted by the memories at midnight. This character carries the trauma and guilt with them and don't know how to move on in their life. In my "Shadows Within" poetry series,i detail my own account on depression, anxiety and loneliness. 

your ghosts keep you awake at night

you hate the nights but are forced to be a nyctophile

night is supposed to be an hour of peace

but something burned rises from the ashes

goodbye came as if it’s always by your side

your eyes rained turning red in pain

but like a warrior, you keep that mask

hiding the painful truth behind that smile

you see yourself as a grown-up version

always trying to bring daylight into the dark

but what can you do in daylight with daylight

when in both hours, demons rule your mind

you carry a dagger stabbed in your heart

but suppress the tears full of guilt and pain

You’re a child of the moon

Light your own world for once