Flatworms are feeding on my pale heartstrings
While thick fog forms around the graveyard trees.
Nobody’s coming to steal my silver bullets
Or this cursed tongue behind my rotting teeth.
Some say memory fades fast once you’re gone
Yet my skull feels heavier than a steel anchor.
My bones are so hollow, they swallow the ground,
And my regrets are longer than oil tankers.
Between hot showers and the morning tea,
Being stone cold sober did not get me too far.
Love came in waves and still oceans.
Love came crashing down and it left me scarred.
I still know the name but I’m keeping it here,
In my grave, in my worms and in my heart.
Once I become nothing, I’ll scream and scream,
And my demons will find you, no matter how far.
-Jackie
The Daily Writing of Jackie Wright 