****8 Days****

I see you there.

Peeking around the corner

whimpering when I catch sight

wanting to disappear

wanting to hide

but I know you are there

come into the light.

Lank hair

desperate eyes

pallid pallor

tears seep

curled inward

blackness coiling around

tethering you….

to anger

to pain

to horror

blinding you

unwilling you were to see.

No one wants that nightmare.

No one wants to live in the dark.

Take my hand

feel my embrace

I am so sorry I left you for so long.

You must have been scared

not understanding

kept

like a dirty secret

of which no one talks.

Come stand with me

meld with me

for you are I

I am you.

Without you

without your pain…..

my pain

my addiction

my rage…..

Beautiful woman

come into the light

let go

raise our eyes to sunlit skies

for we are one.

I had to leave you alone

it took me awhile to return

yet here I am

here you are

baby we will succeed!

©Dec. 15/19

Picture is my own