Death Haunts
Death haunts like a passenger to my reverie-
My reverie flows into a lake of disregard.
I feel the fever of horror and blood stained
sheets as the crimson salt pours from my
eyes.
A breath of loss chains me forevermore and
I am nowhere to be held. Captivity has been
my home and my arms are tired of holding
my head.
My feet are tired of walking a trail of loss.
My stomach aches for loved ones gone in
the blink of an eye. I stare into nothingness
and there they are…
-seemingly not staring back.
Death haunts like an unwanted ghost. They
fear my sorrow yet, they creep up to me
in my nightmares and never bring me hope-
Only a sense of wanting to die with them.
Short life lived-
nothing left to give.
I needed a ladder so that I may reach up to
where they are. I need a rope to throw a
noose around their hands to bring them
back down. I need a moment free from the
atonement-
-loss is me and I am dying.
I seep of sorrow, lost in tomorrow yet in
my yesterday’s there’s nothing left to
borrow. Freeze my heart and crack it
for ice. Spread me across the snow-capped
pines and watch me melt in the warmth. I
used to be warm. Now I am just cold and
full of frozen icicles that never seem to
fall from the roof.
-love is dead…insanity instead
Death haunts and I’m drowning in too deep-
leave me alone and in their death... I shall keep.
Dedicated to all the loved ones I've lost
December 31. 2016
Copyright © Lu Loo | Year Posted 2016
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