Tag: Candy

You set fire to the hills I nourished back to life,

You poisoned the rivers and sharpened the knives.

In the grand confusion, I gave up all my reason

And watched as the smoke turned darker each season.

The greenery grew paler with each word you spoke.

I knew there was no escape, so I became a ghost –

A fantasy, a tale to tell kids in winter evenings.

You liquidated my story, changed its real meaning.

As I stood in the dust of what was once a garden,

You said those undying words:

“One more chance to ask for a pardon.”

-JW

The tree lines become crooked

As I step in their direction.

I know my crimes have been lurid

But I could use some protection.

The moss hides from my boots,

It crawls away and screams.

My hair entangles with roots

As leaves hide the light beams.

I still carry on, I fight them,

Yet – the thorns gash my ankles.

The bags feel ten pounds lighter,

Still, the air bites and rankles.

The exit must be close,

I can hear the river floating nearby.

Branches hold onto my clothes,

But I push forward

With one last battle cry.

-JW

The kitchen sink is leaking for the third day in a row.

I keep re-watching the tragedy unfold,

Sitting in the first row.

My bedsheets trap me in chain-like embrace.

I cannot leave, no.

The night has lost its honest face.

There is no one to call, no one to answer the cries.

Reality seems so fragile,

It is only hardened by lies.

And the windowsill speaks my mother tongue.

What a shame – burning so bright

To burn out so young.

-JW