Breathing in the Morgue

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Older poem, but same feelings.

My friends have gone away
I know it's better for them

To live in a different day

But every time the sun rises,
I am reminded by the shadowless hall ways
That I am alone

And not one day
Will I come to say
that things are
better
in this way

And that I don't see ghosts in the windows
Empty chairs
Unlocked doors

That memory of the morgue

Cold
Bloody
Corpse

With still such delicate
fingertips

I want to reach out

Maybe this time I could reach
With more than just words

But I still can't untangle my bones
To reach with anything more
Than my torn out heart

Yet
Somehow
I'm the one who's still breathing.

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