My Darkness Has a Story
Written By Jenni Bailey
My Darkness is darker than black
It doesn’t have a time of day
It’s the day’s rebel
It’s the night’s devil
It’s not at all a rabbit hole
The color isn’t recognized
It doesn’t have a moon
It doesn’t have stars
It dulls my eyes
It gives me an empty face
It gives out invitations to join
Rainbows cannot form here
The tears I shed are bigger than me
The words I share have a different vocabulary
The voice I have owns my being
My Darkness doesn’t have an end
It just has its own baseline