Dark Paradise

I am sick with a disease of mind, body and spirit

But I like to think it is not forever

Because I have found my community

a healing is taking place

I am moving forward with my life

committing acts with the intention of reinstating my dignity

which was taken over and over again in this harsh realm.

I witnessed with presence

the floods of cowardice 

I wished someone righteous would come and rescue me

I believed it wholeheartedly

As if this world has a sense of order

But the narrative of this dark paradise is not like the movies we watch again and again

I will be waiting for an answer...

a recognition, anything