When Night Arrives
When night arrives my body shivers with pain
My feet curl up with the cold that travels from my toes to my spinal cord
My stomach makes weird noises that are cause by the emptiness
Hungry for happiness.
When night arrives
I think of all the daylight glories
How I brighten up with no glow on my face
While on my shoulders I have a collection of cans, wills, should haves and could haves
Which darken my blood living my heart split in half...
When night arrives
Day remembers me more
The problems I avoid come back to fill in the void and take charge of my thinking
Like taps leaking I can't stop my tears from falling while everyone is sleeping
Am I stressing or seeking attention or maybe sickening?
From 65kg down to 59kg within a week could it be that I'm weakening?
When night arrives these are the questions that my mind keeps poppin'
When night arrives
My heart and mind start fighting
My arms refuse to let go of my legs as I roll myself up like a snail under its shell but I still feel as though I'm unprotected.
When night arrives
My songs lose rythm while my poems have no rhyming scheme
It gets colder under heated blankets
My heart beats a bit slower
I don't know whether its because of the darkness away from home which is closely related to evil
The darkness which is filled with sharp thorns like an unwalked forest
I don't know whether the darkness scares me because...
When night arrives
Fear travels from my toes to my thighs at high speed directly to my skull
Causing my heart to beat slow
Causing my weak points to show
When night arrives
The salty river starts to flow.
Copyright © Yolanda Nyembezi | Year Posted 2014
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