You Are Dead

You were once strong Never wrong Now you are dead I have so much pain To swallow this verbena You are indeed dead I have so much pain Deep in my heart, no stamina And of course no legs It's raining cats and dogs I weep, wail and cry I suffer, smother and die I don't know what's going in my bones Through me, what’s rocking and shaking me And causing controversy Where the sky is littered with drones You were so pretty And obviously so strong But now you're dead No, this is not a song I do not know what to do If I should scream and shut up I do not know what to do If I should put up or give up Or let drown deep in me The heavy sorrows and the fatal weights Now everything annoys me The day and the night I cannot find the right Detour on the freeways Too many roadblocks and setbacks Too many dregs that won’t go down The pipes in downtown Now you are dead And I am utterly sad. Copyright © May 2022, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poetry.