Dawn & Dusk

This is painful
This hurts
It’s building up within me
I am about to burst

A bitter taste in the mouth
A dark mist over the eyes
A searing pain in the chest
Endless screaming in my mind

I can let it overwhelm me
Or I can harness its force
Take hold of this black stream
And ride it like a horse

Use it as the fuel
For these poems of mine
So that its every blow
Leads to its demise

And when this journey is through
And this battle is won
I will have a record of these agonies
Written in my blood