One Sacred Night
Photo credit: Volkan Omez @Unsplash Photos Mama, everytime I lay in bed, I try my best To distract myself from a blue reality One that leaves my heart heavy My spirit broken, and my soul bleeding I still hear audible voices in my sleep Sacred chants, that never seem to bleak I see the women coming into my room Monsters in women skin undressing my body. They move in circles, chanting the ewe Fear grips my heart as they pour libations On my body.... All of this is beginning to feel wrong They tell me to close my eyes And ask me to say an oath A seemingly harmless prayer of virtue To keep my body bound, and sane I'm slowly loosing my smile, and I'm wondering, why they are forcibly holding me? Trying to pin me down so I don't resist or say a word? I try to speak, but my mouth's been gagged Try to run, but my hands and legs are tied I'm knocked down to a spot Like a lifeless sacrifice placed before the priest I thought that was all, U