Night breathes slowly here
sighs as it wraps around
the marble stones
rounded edges softened
by so much time.
The wind is patient as
it rustles through the ivy
that climbs the iron gates
and brushes the names
etched deep, each letter
a song once sung
but now silent.
An owl calls out
from an oak
curious lullaby, its
echoes wrapping
around the branches
where shadows fall asleep.
You touc...
I carried
your shame
like rocks.
cleaned up
your messes.
hoped my love
could stop
your drinking.
If I worried
just enough
maybe tomorrow
would be
different.
But the
bottles
and lies
stacked.
One night,
after
another
fight,
another
broken
promise,
I told you no.
no more.
I am done.
it stuck
in my throat,
but I said it
and slept
through
the night.
When I
woke up,
I ...
“On a scale of 1-10, how bad is the pain?”
“I don’t know.”
“Where is the pain?”
“I don’t know.”
“Can you describe it at all?”
“I don’t know…It throbs. I don’t have a number for it.”
“Can you describe it at all?”
“I’m freezing. It makes me so so cold.”
“Do you want a blanket?”
“I just want someone to hold me.”...
