Where do demons slumber?

This is a simple question,

though the answer may prove...

Distubring.

There is a thing,

A thing of sheer terror.

This thing is malevolent.

This thing is evil incarnate.

Though this thing is apart of us.

This thing is that which

You can not comprehend.

This thing is what 

Darkness is to the unknown-

This thing is the Shadow.

And we are wise to fear the Shadow...

But there is plain folly

In wishful thinking.

To say that our Shadows 

Are wholly bad is, quite frankly,

Daft.

Were there darkness without light

Then we would have gone blind

A long while ago.

This is the Shadow:

Malevolent if left unchecked

And chaos without cognition.

But a Shadow integrated

Is a sword rarely beared;

It’s mere presence 

Instils fear in opposition,i

And no blood is spilled.