The sun no longer shines
Rather it burns in my eyes
And turns my stomach to ashes
Deteriorates me from the inside
Night no longer brings comfort
Only the sedative to numb the war
Between the fire and the blackness
Eating at my core
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Poems by Joelle C Johnson
PoetryPOEM 4 SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIGGER WARNING! Many of these poems are ones I have previously written, without dates or titles. I will do my best to add poems every so often with dates. This is mostly so I never lose my works and I can always find them, but...
The Sun No Longer Shines- not dated
The sun no longer shines
Rather it burns in my eyes
And turns my stomach to ashes
Deteriorates me from the inside
Night no longer brings comfort
Only the sedative to numb the war
Between the fire and the blackness
Eating at my core