The Wandering Woods

Undoing

Have I ever told you,

About the day

Mercy died?

Ha,

You should know that

I cried for the first time in

F o r e v e r

That day. But I remember.

We where walking the walls,

our hands outstretched and we

wobbled along the edges.

There was a path on the top, but

Mercy and I didn't care

She was to to

Close to the edge

I knew it,

And when she fell, I screamed

And rushed to the edge

Scrapping my knees,

And my elbows.

I saw her hair flow up from her face

Her hands reaching for mine

Out fingers touched

One last

Electrifying time

Before she plummeted to her death

I saw her get crushed by the fall

I saw those things eat her

I saw her turn

I saw her drag her half crushed body away

I saw her flesh peel and sag

I saw her jaw get ripped off

I saw blood

I saw red.

I didn't see Thomas that day

I didn't see Daniela or Daniel

I didn't see anyone

I didn't see

I saw Mercy in my dreams

I saw her hair

I saw her smile

I saw her cheeks

I saw her lips

I saw her lean in

I felt her kiss

I felt her hands

I felt her hair

I felt her everything

I felt nothing.

I am awake and staring at the sky

My children are now near nine

Years of age

And they no longer need me

But they still stick close by.

I guess they know I'm crazy.