I sit in the dark
The light from the kitchen shines upon my face
But it cannot brighten my heart
Bleak, cold, and grey inside that place

Why can’t I be pulled out?
I’m hurt, scared, but care isn’t what you’re about
Here I’ll stay, with a heart heavy as lead
Putting welcome stress on the walls within my head

Even with the pain, the hurt, the dark
The touch of your Love on my mind
Lifts, momentarily, the douter on my heart
Releasing light through any space it can find

A small reprieve
From a larger than that, terror inside
Most cannot conceive
The raw emotion I’ve come to hide

I walk through my night
With this weight on my shoulders
A whole story, not knowing what to write
Your abuse, words with no order

I’ll live in black, as long as it takes
To succumb to the dark
Or a new dawn breaks