Dark Room

They were too scared to be around her

Every susceptible sign sent to them

Was asking for help

And at the same time

Asking them to consider

A few other things in life

They didn’t know about

Days spent alone

Filled with as much sadness

As your soul can contain

But wasn’t that too much to ask?

They didn’t want to know such things

They all had their own families, small kids

Psychotic wives begging for attention

They couldn’t afford more tension

Which only she could offer them

But she had more than that

That dark side was damn attractive

Still, no one ever dared to look at it

Convinced that it will do them no good

So, she found them so obtuse

As only they could act

And this circle of poor perception played a part

In an entire society built on bragging

Politics influencing the masses

Celebrities doing the same for money

While she was the only one left in the background

Whoever looked at her did so only to draw the

Wrong conclusions

As always

Where there is no understanding

And infectious envy

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July – September 2022

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Thank you for reading!