Hide.
We scowl as they enter laughing. They are all so loud. Expressing through words whatever they might feel. We think: how foolish, how trusting. We wonder how they can show themselves without mind of their enemies. We remember, of course it is us they fear for we are evil, and we wonder how they know so when we speak nothing but lies.
They shimmer in their golden glow and we hide our blinded eyes in the darkness. Within our realm of shadows we can see nothing of the light and we are safe. But we talk softly, eyes always darting, thinking how near they might be. The secrets in the shadows are kept and we know they know nothing of true darkness. They call us evil and Dark and say that we are the danger, but we know we fear them more than they fear us. Where they have friends and love we have deals and deceit. We don't share our secrets and emotions are the same and more than anything we are terrified of what their uncovering might bring. That is the real reason the Light always wins.
At times they become daring or desperate and they step inside our cave. They speak with emotion and glow brightly and we cower back and flee further. They say we are evil but we are merely blind and terrified. We think, perhaps, if they dimmed just a bit then we might be able to see eye to eye, but they never dim and we never glow. They are light and we are dark.
They call us evil but hear only our lies.
They call us forward but shine too bright.
They wonder why we are locked up tight.
And this is why we hide.