Another Dance In Darkness Poem by Katherine H. Belle

I dance alone in the shadows

My feet barely touching the ground

Walzing through the night

Lightly thinking, lightly stepping,

Hardley breathing at all.

My heart beat echos through the darkness

Singing with the beat

tarrump tarrump tarrump

My eyes glisten as i hear a voice

perhaps one that has come to save me from my lonliness.

It draws nearer by the second

yet with each passing breath it sounds farther away

Have you come to dance with me?

Or have you brought with you some light?

my home is in the darkness.

in the shadows of the night.

My tears have become my blanket

they keep me safe and warm.

the thunder, my companion

my friend the cold winter storm.

This is the world i live in.

do not judge me for what i am

Once strong and proud and hopeful.

now weak and worthless and damned.

my mirror of truth is broken

i once saw a healthy face

now cracked and scarred and starven

ugly with discrace.

so if, you, voice have come to save me

there is one thing that i must warn

the task you take is not easy:

Save my life, no matter how tattered, broken, or worn.

And you shall be my savior...