Darkness

Darkness
Is surrounding you
Constricting you
You can't breathe
You can't move
Someone is coming
Is opening the door
The door squeeks
The floor creaks
With the footsteps
Coming closer.
The feet stop.
You don't know
Who it is.
You're becoming
Scared
Frightened
You need to get away
But you can't move
This person has hurt you
Physically and sexually
You're in the dark
You don't know
What to do.
You commit suicide.
You had lived in the dark
And you died
In the dark.
The darkness
Overcame you
And you had no choice
But to die.
But I pray for you
To see some light.

January 1998

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