Under A Lid

Photo by Vova Kras

I would have been so relieved if I saw your eulogy

Stating in no uncertain terms that you lost your legacy.

I would have jumped up and down like a joyous kid

While my rage trapped and suffocated you under a lid.

-Jackie

Kind Enough

Photo by Eugene Liashchevskyi

You were not kind enough to leave me,

You were not wise enough to stay.

Am I only a sore topic to you?

Or a sour remark that ruins your day?

-Jackie

Every Cat

Photo by John Andrew Nolia Blazo

Every cat gets out of the bag if you push it.

Those five months flew right by you

While I counted each dime.

Every story has a wise and a foolish villain.

The former gets away

And the latter does the time.

Do you ever think of the repercussions?

I might be just a pawn,

Just a card in your game.

Yet I hold the token, I hold the gun.

I will pull those strings

Until you crumble in shame.

-Jackie

The Gate

Photo by Wes Chuan

You said you would ruffle a few feathers,

You swore you would leave this battle early.

So, why am I losing my guts left and right?

Why did you paint my city gate pearly?

-Jackie

Loophole

Photo by Леся Терехова

All the birds you’ve ever seen crash against tall windows.

They chase their deaths, trying to outrun your wisdom.

All the women you’ve trapped keep becoming widows,

But you keep staying alive like a loophole in a system.

-Jackie

Little Flowers

Photo by ALTEREDSNAPS

Will they write your initials on my headstone

or will it be the other way around?

Will they cite me as your cause of death

or will they lay me in the solid ground?

Will the little flowers stay fresh and green

or will they crumble out of pure spite?

The jewels you gave me are worthless.

They turn to ashes when brought into the light.

-Jackie

Sinister

Photo by Ozan Çulha

Blink twice if you think somebody can hear you.

Blink once if your screams are a waste of breath.

They branded me sinister because of your stories,

So you can thank yourself for this sour threat.

-Jackie

Cursing You

Photo by Eylül Kuşdili

The seagulls drop dead on the salty beach,

And waves wash away their sweet expectations.

The fishes float to the surface, dying of thirst,

As I whisper the very last incantation.

It is not a scene, it is not an honest tragedy,

It is a simple sacrifice made by the banished.

Seven hundred creatures will die before me.

No one will stay alive until you finally vanish.

-Jackie

Disaster

Photo by Francesco Ungaro

Memories lose their significance almost as quickly as I lose my respect.

Do you even have a lover in your ancient graveyard that you do not regret?

Love letters lose their power, but you lose your glass temper much faster.

Did you crave me like a substance or did you just want to create a disaster?

-Jackie

37

Photo by Francesco Ungaro

I have painted thirty-seven walls in echoing curses,

And I watch them judging me, even clutching their purses,

But I was not meant to be covered in round bruises

From the stones that they throw for becoming your muse.

-Jackie