Hollow, haunted, hurting eyes staring at
the ceiling.
Cold, hard, white tile floor a pillow
for my head.
Last gasping, grasping tendrils of reason
slipping from my brain.
Oh the bite of bitter steel; sweet and
welcome pain.
An outstretched palm, ungrasping fingers,
nerve and tendon showing.
A smile of peace, a sob of despair;
blood is thickly flowing.
I close my eyes and now I see that this
is childhoods end; Wasted lives, broken
people and shattered dreams that never mend.
Description of haunting clarity - your choice of line and metre just right so the reader shudders with you. Dark but unforgettable Jim.
whispers from the dark, screams in the night calling us back calling us back
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I found my early sixteens a very difficult time. Feeling write.