Lying here beaten,

Forgotten by everyone,

Light dying out, snuff....

You say I am not up to snuff

Due to my gender

Due to my past

It’s your ignorance

But I assure you, you will be beaten

At this game

At this life

I will rise

And then, you will be forgotten....

The fire simmered down to a low snuffed out by the heavy night breeze, smoke twirling in soft tendrils in the night sky. He watched as the smoke drifted up and danced in the sky, following it with his eyes until it disappeared. Sometimes he wished he could be smoke, one moment he’d be there, and the next... gone. Forgotten. Gone with the breeze. To be picked up by the wind and follow the smoke to ...

We walked along the beaten path, the path everyone walked. The second we stepped on it, everyone else vanished, like they were snuffed out. They all went to the road less travelled by, leaving us alone on the tired path, forgotten....

green dirtied the cars windows

and the roads narrowed into wire,

the closer they got

Smiles might have have danced

but memories with color always seem to want to be forgotten-

RING RING

snuffed out like candles on a windy stormy night

lightning cracking the sky

holding children captive

the waves grew closer but the sound did not

RING RING

trees became nothing, the green vanishing along with t...

When was the last time I saw daylight’s gaze?

When was the last time I fed my belly full?

When was the last I was dragged far from home?

I can’t remember. I’ve forgotten still.

What was that house that felt like a home?

What was the stench that I had to snuff?

What was that prayer that I wept like a song?

I can’t remember. I’ve forgotten still.

Why is my skin wrinkled tight?

Why are my feet beat...