for a voice to shatter
after telling others
to silence themselves
an ill-bred outburst
laced with a curse -
a one-way ticket to hell
how can i climb
back to the sunshine
where vioces ring like bells
when through the cracks
i see there backs
and crawl back in my shell
YOU ARE READING
as we fall
Poetry(Spring, 2017) I didn't know it when I first saw you, but when I did I couldn't look away.
