Fierce Malilangwe Poet Free verse

Darkness Runs

Darkness runs
From opposite horizon
Where light no longer
Finds home
Darkness runs closer
Like heavy mantel
Folding her under

She fights the heavy eyes 
Tired mind
Because this that lurks beyond
Drifting off
Is what eats at her soul
The things that make her whole

Eventually the fight 
Always lost
And demons smell
Her quietly
Hiding soul

It starts with 
A tiny lick
At small whole
That eats
Knaws at her soul

Then with
one swift thrust
They are set free
A sequence set off

Dreams of red
Running down
Sinfilled legs
Over white lines
Where tears were shed

Quickly turning
To dark faced demons
With cold hands
On pale skin
Making  hair 
stand on end

Then finally
To safe space
Falling apart
Falling into the dark
Shattering
Like mottled glass

Awoken only
By screams 
Of discontent
Discomfort
Distress.

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