Shh

A Poem by Sarah Roehrig

Consumed by the Darkness

All Day I run and hide
You've found your place and I'm still struggling to remind myself that my place no longer exists -
And then night creeps in like a black cat. Bad energy . Bad luck . Bad karma.
All I can hear is the beating of my heart and all I can see is you -

Your sliding into my veins and I'm Screaming
The darkness consumes me now and I'm Empty. I swallow you whole .
I dare to remember
I dare to forget The sounds we made

You begin to Fade away , and only then can I Pick up the pieces
Only then can I remedy your poison -
Only then do I forget the truth -
Only then do I forget love -
And to Think it was me who crept into this hell full of snakes - who dared to be bitten