"Ebony Night"

Body, mind, soul -

I am put daily to the test.

Physical, emotional, psychic - such pain -

and I do not get to rest.


I have searched all of my life

to find them - my people - true friends.

I have found temporary relief in delusional hopes -

again and again -

but each time, the crash comes and then

my world duly descends


into familiar chaos: living hell, where I belong.


I dissolve into grey -

scream into scarlet and crimson -

find sanctuary, finally -

in my spirit's

ebony night.