Darkness Consumes Light Empowers

By Alexandra Rae

The poems in this book have to do with abuse, domestic violence, adultery, suicidal thoughts, and anger.

Please read with care and in a safe environment. These poems were written while I was going through divorce, the betrayal I discovered, and my healing process.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796042122

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darkness consumes

alexandra rae

Copyright © 2019 by Alexandra Rae.

Illustrations and cover design by Alexandra Rae

Library of Congress Control Number:     2019908285

ISBN:                  Hardcover                    978-1-7960-4205-4

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Rev. date: 07/19/2019

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Contents

burning heat

forget

get out

bandaid

insane

manipulative dick

nightmares

trying

years of lies

wonder

angels

words

Echo

my art

unbearable

deleted

disgrace

anger

another blade

vampire

weakness

what reality?

shame

blamed

broken

believing your lies

christmas eve

good-bye

lose

heart broken

hurt deep

no settling

lies lies lies

no more lie

hurting more

hold me

grow

grow… continued

NOT Love

past pain

preserved

past thoughts

replaced

the same

re-focus

my heart

Soul

thief

thinking of you

melancholy

never stop

nights I cried

April 27, 2016

my creation

NO NO NO

NO NO NO

not ready

barely holding on

another fuck

another scam

don’t see it

doubt

shooting star

mis-aligned

flag

spark the dark

stretched across

drowning

heart’s damage

who will Love

struggle

where

no hurt again

alone or not

my song

cleanse my Soul

anger in art

tighter

rhyming it

constant beat

course

farewell

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The Alexandra Rae’s poetry, art and life took new

direction in 2016. The enclosed poems and

drawings have to do with three years of dealing with

separation and healing. She used capital letters to emphasize

the Divine power that has helped with her own break

throughs and finding re-direction in her life. She relied on

her faith to overcome the darkest of times and also to bring

forth her true creative power that had been hid for many

years. From Darkness to Light and from Light to Darkness,

her poetry draws you in from the back to the front, and a

mix in the middle.

Dedicated to my daughter:

May you find yourself, love all you do,

and only let people into your life

that believe in the Light you are!

darkness consumes

CAUTION

The following poems

have to do with:

abuse

domestic violence

adultery

suicidal thoughts

anger

Please read with care

and in a safe enivornment,

these poems were written

while I was going through

divorce, the betrayal

I discovered, and the

my healing process.

darkness consumes

"Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy;

when I fall, I shall arise: when I sit in

darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me"

The Bible King James Version

Micah 7:8

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burning heat

my heart on fire

my whole body burning up

my soul dying from loss of desire

my core inflamed ready to explode

I felt weighted down unable to go higher

so much pain and hurt

eyes burning with tears

I must have touched a live wire

my bodies temperature rising

morning took forever to come

I needed to escape all this heat

mind racing around with what to do

why did I stay so long with such a cheat

all my prayers to help him or us

but he will never be complete

he never appreciated what he had

now it is time for me to retreat

now it is time