The Dark Figure

“I don’t paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.” –Frida Kahlo

He appeared in her dreams

a dark menace who caught up

her breaths like fluttering butterflies

in a net. She tried to pry her own

eyes open when she realized she was

dying but he blinded her & even

with her eyes wide open she failed to see

the dark figure standing right beside her.

When she woke up screaming, he fled

taking all her dreams with him &

leaving shadows of darkness behind.

Peace & Love,

Rosalind