Death Interrupted Poems

life interrupted by corona 


we live in a strange world
life interrupted by corona 
the virus spread throughout the world
disrupting everything

putting life on hold
as more people
hunkered...

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Listing long lists of church leaders longing for forgiveness, healing ...
Listing members and loved ones (& PKs: Preachers' kids) now "unbelieving"
For you will agree with...

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Sacred beginnings, but my end too soon
I lie helpless in false serenity
preparing for life, her womb is my tomb.

I am like a flower, ready to...

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Should I kill myself, 
or have a cup of coffee? 
-Albert Camus- 


Being dead is blunt, 
numbing and offensive. 
Yet it is life and not...

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You picked a path when met with fork
And trod it bare so oft you walked
Into a tunnel so wretched and corrupted 
You slipped away, Jeffrey...

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My mind is constantly spinning in a 
24 hour torture chamber, featuring 
unsettling displays of erratic 
behavior.  Death at this point would 
be a...

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Girl, Interrupted-

Deep cuts from within.
She faced bravely the many hardships of womanly life
How did she end up like this?
Severe depression after her first mental breakdown
Sorrow...

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Girl Interrupted, 2011
V. Ortiz Vazquez


Minding her own she cruises along
Unaware the cards dealt to her
Pay no attention to life’s brutalities
She walks
Halted, a touch
A peek
Nearly stolen...

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