Little Boy's Rhapsody
You suffered a fathomless and immeasurable death,
guess my womb is the o n l y home you’ll ever know-
You never got the chance to take your first breath,
and this story ends in a perpetual eternity of woe.
I remember trying to wake you by w i g g l i n g your toe.
In blissful rhapsody your tiny body now lives,
your final quietus grave is where I go to talk to you-
I know it’s my pitiful self I must learn to f o r g i v e,
see my world from a much different point of view.
To all this m i s e r y I must learn to say “adieu”.
So I return to my double life lived since you died,
one part of me h e a l e d, the other not the same-
When I tell others I am okay they know I lied,
because deep down it’s always been me I blame.
You're just an innocent boy without a s p o k e n name.
In the depths of the shadows I w e e p and I mourn,
for there is nothing else I’d rather be doing-
I try to let go yet it seems my heart is still torn,
now a wicked storm in my heart is brewing.
I n e v e r got to hear you laugh loudly while cooing.
Freedom from these s h a c k l e s shall never exist-
as I remember your cold forehead I gently k i s s e d.
1. rhapsody 2. fathomless 3. quietus 4. eternity 5. story
Five Words, Please - Poetry Contest
Sponsor, Broken Wings
March 12, 2018
Copyright © Lu Loo | Year Posted 2018
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