Creative writing about the darkness

Similes, proberbs, idioms and metaphors for darkness can help writers to express negativity, sadness or evil things. They can assist you in demonstrating a character’s depression or even to construct an antagonist in a story as someone who is ‘black’, ‘bleak’, and indeed ‘dark’.

Many thoughts flash through my mind as the question ‘why’ is brought up. I think to myself, there is nothing to be afraid of, they have no solid evidence and I’ll be alright. Although, when they let me go the other night, I felt a rush of guilt as I left the station.

The ‘creeping darkness’ is a common way to describe dusk. You can sit and feel it slowly and steadily take over from the light. It makes us think of a lion or tiger that gets down low and moves in a really smooth motion toward you. You sometimes feel like it’s not moving and just standing still, but in reality it is moving inch by inch toward you.

As I look towards the door, the footsteps come to a halt. A shadow emerges from the darkness, and the door creaks open. The ground pounds as the steel cap boots from the black clothed detective hit the floor. He has a cold blooded voice that sends a shiver running down my spine. He begins the meeting with ‘why’.