Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 216.73.216.110
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
The window slowly creaked upward. I clapped and rubbed my hands together, watching the old dust drift out into the air. Tears began to slip down my tired face, while my mind drifted from the dusty room. He, silently resting in his chair, carefree, old and gray. His years had been talked away. I had listen, sitting beside him in the soft twilight. Wins and loses he spoke of, unfinished things. The love of his life and his betrayal. He remembered old dogs and cars, pickup trucks, and friends long passed. He smiled at times of honor and laughed at the many failures. Looking back from the window, the chair, his thinning gray hair at the top. His favorite chair, in it he sat as he had for years, eyes fixed ahead on the black and white early morning news. Brushing the tears from my face, I took a breath of new mowed lawn. The sound of morning bird song began as I walked back into the room. The room was sparsely furnished. all that was left of a long life. I knelt down before him, looking into his lifeless eyes. I smiled at his stony grin. There was a narrow trail of dried blood, that had leaked from the tiny hole. It had stopped and pooled at the tip of his nose. I looked down at the pillow on the floor, I had used to muffle the sound. Checking my jacket pocket, yes, the gun was there. I pulled a cigarette from my shirt pocket. I reached down and picked up the old metal lighter from the table next to his chair. He had said his dead son had given it to him, long ago, as a gift. I flipped it open and lit my smoke. Snapping it shut, I let it drop in my pocket, next to my gun. I stood, paused, and gave him a quick salute. I turned an left, softly shutting the door behind me.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required