Black Night

Two hands in mirror,
Choking me in my sleep.
Smothered in the face,
Blue and I can't breathe.
Shadows on the walls,
Black creature stripping me of all beauty.

Coarse and broken,
Nails scratching on my bruised face.
Eyes blunt, I can't see,
I don't even know the man.
Pretending it's just a dream,
I wake up, still crying in pain.

Innocent girl, loving her life,
Now nothing will be the same.
Wouldn't take no as an answer,
My life has no worth anymore.
New tricks, screwing my mind,
Gun in your pocket; ready to shoot.

Screaming to get out,
Bash on the door, nobody's there.
Hair pulled back from my face,
Scissors gnawing at my brown locks.
Tears won't stop falling,
Fearing I'll go out looking like a mess.

Loved ones wouldn't know,
I didn't want to go.
Thoughts mixed in my mind,
You cut me again with your knife.
Blood spilling on the floor,
Another job for the cleaner.

A knock at the front door,
You make the dash, take everything.
I hover and hide in the corner,
Until help arrives, thank god.
I'm still alive, but the pictures still
In my mind, I won't forget that blackness.

You killed me, any chance I had
To succeed in my life.
I can't sleep of a night,
Knowing you might attack again.
Hustled and weary, I can't find the answers,
Why was I your innocent victim?

I'm not the only one.
But why did the blackness kill me?