Neglected

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The hotel was dingy and down

definitely not the jewel in anyone's crown

nobody lovingly cleaned its surfaces, not properly, anyway

it suited me today

it matched my feeling of decay

something in me was rotting

what used to flow, clotting

the eyes, my windows were unclean, they needed a good scrub

but no amount of scrubbing could ever get them clean

what was seen, could not be unseen

Just like this hotel

I have been walked on too many times

my flooring becoming threadbare and worn

by curtains battered and torn

not that anyone would want to open them anymore

so I leave them drawn blocking out the world

I'm going to die in this place

my reality I can't face

it envelops me in a tight embrace

together we end a dirty disgrace

joint first in our last race

The fire I started deliberately

the hotel willingly jumped into the flames

nobody remembers our names

nothing left to identify

we flee our walls and fly


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