There was always a black pact.
A cruel moon ripping around stratus.
Watching you
Judging you
Wishing it could break orbit
To break you.
A today without you
Is just another day.
Laying sweat beads
Upon a forehead we shame
Isn't as kind as you might find.
We doubt ourselves
Too much.
Love ourselves
Too little.
Mistrust our judgement
Too soon.
Kind souls take refuge
In what they believe is hatred
Because without hate
Kindness is lost.
Black pacts wherever you are
Paint me in harmony
With fire storms.
Storms that burn me down slow
So that I may restore from ash.
Ash and chalk,
A white substance you'll decide
Is hideous but necessary
Just like me.
Just like what we see day in day out
When we mistreat each other.