The Dark Ones

The day they called me the dark one

Darkness settled on my heart

The same that thumped for him

The man who called me his

Only till they could drag me away

The day they called me the dark one

I threw my head back in anguish

Yes, ancient 

I had always been called

But the day they called me the dark one

I cried

And then came the pain

From the whip, from their lips, from the dirty train

And then came the sorrow and the lonely road

To those witch camps

Yes I said it

After all, they call me the dark one

I have never seen darkness so deep, tangible

In all the hearts that called me the dark one

That mama will cradle me to her chest

That I was nothing more than another baby

Because they day they stood and called me the dark one

That day I died, long before the others joined me

The day they called me the dark one

I knew there was no way to explain, to defend myself

Why would I need to produce light when my bones are already arching

I am after all only ancient, and old sagging woman

And that is why they called me the dark one