In the Darkness

She stands OUTSIDE... In the Blackness of the SHADOWS... She is TALL, SKINNY, like a SKELETON... in HIP CLOTHES... Her hair LONG... SILKY/BLOND blows with the rhythm of the WIND... Her name SILVIA.... Prostitute- Herion shooting CRACK ADDICT... She needs A FIX- A SMACK- A TOKE... A RIDE ON THE DEVILS TONGUE... Streets EMPTY... Seems like she STEPPED into, Another WORLD- Another DIMENSION... She cries out "WHERE IS- MY LIFE, What has become of that SWEET INNOCENT CHILD?" That used to play with sweet girls and Barbie dolls!!! "Why am I- here??? Why has GOD- FORSAKEN ME?""" Her Dad, PREACHER- Molested her- age Six... Momma, ALCOHOLIC- Beat her, Called her "TRASH..." She sits, DOWN- in an ALLEY... KNEES- Pulled up to her chest... Rocking BACK and FORTH- Trying to Fight, IMAGES she POSSESS... So Beautiful, so Talented- But LOST... LOST- In a world... Where she is the VICTIM- of PAIN... HEART BROKEN- first LOVE to SUICIDE... Found DEAD- HOTEL ROOM, wrist slashed... Blood GRAFFITTI- on MIRROR.... I LOVE YOU SILVIA, ETERNITY YOURS- NICK... She WEEPS, Pulls Back- her SILK MANE- into a PONY TAIL... She's NICKING- BAD.... Needs CIGARETTE- something to kill, the PAIN- INSIDE... Empty bottle- BOOZE... Mad Dog 20/20, Cigarette butts- ON GROUND, beside- GARBAGE CAN... She Scoops up- BUTTS... Finds- NEWSPAPER... HEADING- "BRUTALLY MURDERED 3 PROSTITUTES- LAKEVIEW ROAD..." Which is, three blocks away... She shakes- TREMBLING, A cat- from no-where- STARTLES HER... Her HEART BEAT- RACING- FAST... Cat hissed- hair fluffed out- Runs out of Alley.... Hand BLEEDING- CUT on- BROKEN GLASS... FOOTSTEPS, distant- Yet ClOSER, CLOSER, they seem... Each step- NEARING- her spot... Her HEART BEATING- FASTER, FASTER.... Steps- CLOSER, CLOSER... Her SCREAM- NEVER HEARD... Body Found... HEADING- BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY FOUND DEAD IN ALLEY "PROSTITUTE..." written 09-07-1997 while in GCI....