Dark Passenger

Good Afternoon All, 

This is another difficult subject to breach and it must seem to you that my poetry is taking on a darker tone. Rest assured it is a passing thing and tomorrow will be filled with musings of a lighter note. I am aware that this will re-open wounds for some. For this is will say, "Do not let your Dark Passenger consume you from within." A moment shared with the right person, can breath new life. Love to all those who will connect with this. <3

Dark Passenger

If you only knew how much my heart longed. 

To feel loved by you and to know I belonged.

In the heat of that moment I was so wronged

They toyed with me and my head and beyond.

I tried to convey in the simplest way.

The confusion I felt on that fateful day.

My childhood was gone and so I would pray.

My distress you would see and my enemy slay.

That token of love that I sought in them.

Is now what I hate, rebuke and condemn.

A moment in time has tarnished your gem.

Leaving self repulsion an emotion to stem.

I tried to convey in the simplest way.

The confusion I felt on that fateful day.

My childhood was gone and so I would pray.

My distress you would see and my enemy slay.

I now know you loved me then and still do.

My vulnerable side was something abused.

I also now know that you had not one clue.

So keep my dark passenger away from you. 

By Helen Stallard  
February 24  2014