Dark words are what I need,
words that weigh heavy on
my chest and purge me of
all this angst that follows me
like a ghost not yet released.

Blackness is what I crave for
in this place with no light,
in my cave filled the questions
I dare not ask but must be
heard if I am to survive.

Give me not gentleness and
wispy light for in it I find
no peace, no resolution,
just the lies that have always
been told to hide my truth.

7/7/2023