My Darkest Hour
You were my darkest hour
and it still envelopes me.
The shadow that looms over me
breathing on my neck.
Every shiver I feel when I leave the house,
every voice I hear when the atmosphere
...feels not quite right.
You were my darkest hour,
its hand still wraped around my skull.
Every time I flinch at the soft touches,
with every kind whisper.
When my legs quiver
everytime I walk down stairs.
You were my darkest hour
that I tried to drown
and drink away.
Everytime I hear a violin
and recall
my head spinning
motionless on the bed.
You were my darkest hour
and I've fought you
for three years.
To once again
baske in the sunshine.
A smile not forced.
-Jo Resner 12/27/17
Darkness Covered Me
I want to tell you a story
of how my life changed.
From being the perfect mom and daughter.
To a person totally duranged.
I trusted my daughters word
of no intercourse at fourteen.
But when the doctor confirmed
she was pregnant, I had a silent scream.
Darkness covered me
from the top of my world to my toes.
The deceit I saw in my child,
showed me that anything goes.
That my child would lie to me
and not care how I feel.
But the look of disappointment on my face,
showed her it was real.
It wasn't the fact that
she had a seed growing inside.
The fact was she didn't finish high school,
so how could she provide?
