1 June 2012

Demons haunt me in the dark

My own demons I have birthed,

Pricking me with pins so sharp

With every negativity on earth.

If I'd been more womanly

Maybe then perhaps he'd stay,

If I were more beautiful

Things would be a different way.

You were never the pretty one

That was for your young sibling

And when your wit has come undone

You won't have a single thing

Going for you. Too patronising,

Always too chubby in primary school,

Too much of a tomboy,

Said you weren't a real girl you fool.

And while I writhe in agony

With searing needles in my skin,

I pray for some relief that will

Halt the hellish din.

DelilahIn The Dark • Opuss № I