Trusting in Your Shadows

As I descend to charcoal depths

impure blood roils and seethes

churning waves and troubled spirits.

Naked and ashamed I stand

in darkness too powerful to battle

washed over me by your presence,

a touch as cold as night.

My unhinged soul

is ripped asunder,

embers sputtering in my cage.

I kneel in your shadow and wonder

if I’ll ever taste purity again.

Death hides in your dulcet words

entrenched wickedness emanating

as you stands with black raven

perched on your shoulder,

savage heart unfolding.

My inner pain throbs

broken rib cages

tossed in spite

on refuse piles.

Hidden cuts,

scarring my eyes,

wash into my body.

I wonder if I’ll ever know

what’s right for me

as I cling to you

realizing in pangs

that you are my destiny.

I find the trust I seek

in you,

knowing your murkiness

is embroiled and ever present.

My trusting ravished core

joins you in your shadows.