Darkness Poem by Lisa Jenneth

Shrinking in a corner
I remember light falling down
From the ceiling of my home
Crashing like the chandelier
And breaking the glass pieces
Where I see myself biased
A thousand times less peaceful,
Shattering my fragile worlds
That I save from the frost
With a thin blanket of fear.

When darkness shares its room with me
I see light leaving me
In a speed faster than my hope,
And then carrying hope in its arms
To leave together, and me alone,
with the belief of not returning again. I see them leaving, through
The pores of the walls of my house,
Through my closed window panes
Locking cages inside my mind
And freeing up the cell of my demons.