Lifeless Poem by Marijke McKinney

Everyone around me is crying
I can’t feel the faintest tear
Everyone’s growing a garden
And my white petals are turning yellow

These houses are burnt down
Pack up from this lifeless town
Water seeping from paper cups
There’s a city light somewhere

Darken the words
Spin the glass a little bit more
Feel the eyes of a watcher
Blind to the ignorance we couldn’t afford

I’m destroying you from my sickness
Maybe someday you’ll understand
This beauty could not sustain itself