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In shadows deep, where justice sleeps,
A vigilante grimly creeps.
Frank Castle's name, a whispered dread,
For those who leave the innocent dead.

No hammer's might, no web's swift swing,
No gamma's rage, no mystic thing.
His weapon's steel, his gaze is cold,
A story etched in years of old.

A family lost, a life torn apart,
A burning rage within his heart.
The system failed, the wicked thrived,
A new kind of justice he contrived.

The skull emblazoned on his chest,
A symbol stark, putting souls to test.
Each bullet fired, a silent plea,
For vengeance, for what ought to be.

Through darkened alleys, rain-slicked streets,
He hunts the prey, his purpose meets.
The guilty tremble at his stride,
No place to run, nowhere to hide.

Some call him monster, filled with hate,
Ignoring the cruel hand of fate.
But victims' cries, a haunting sound,
On hallowed, unforgiving ground.

He walks a path, a lonely fight,
Against the darkness, day and night.
The Punisher, a name that chills,
Where broken justice slowly spills.

Though lines are blurred, and morals fray,
He seeks a brighter, cleaner day.
A brutal answer to despair,
The weight of vengeance he must bear.
your arms and legs kicked
your little heart was beating
on the ultrasound.
there was a lump in my throat.
i wanted to stay,
to lie in that cold, dark room
and watch you moving.
your dad has been excited
from the beginning
and i have been scared
my entire life
that i will mess this all up
and life will hurt you
the way it keeps hurting me.
but i will be brave
and do hard things to help you
because it's worth it—
and i hope you never know
how heart-wrenchingly,
how agonizingly far
i had to travel
to even begin to hope
that you could be mine
and that i could be your mom.
I hope you never wonder.
Week 11, Day 6. Baby is the size of a strawberry.
You think you know
Running in your everyday
But at the end of someone else’s
The buckshot pellets pelt with
Eviscerating matter
Shredding skin.
Open wound, no face to find
No heart to reclaim
Fragments pilfer
Bone matter gelatin

****…I gotta call this in.
Frank Castle Apr 7
One Batch, Two Batch, Penny and Dime.

Can’t rest,
Eyes don’t close
Unpaid debts will be paid in due course
Haunted screams
Puncture the eardrums to a deafening ring.

I won’t stop,
No god in heaven
No devil in the kitchen,
Can shackle my wrath.
Death’s right hand,
Copper jackets piercing
Holes to open paths for souls
And I’ll ***** it all out.

This city is rot,
And they’re out there
Wraiths tormenting peace
I won’t suffer a fool,
To endure the truth.
I failed to protect you…
But I can avenge.

Punish those
Who think themselves untouchable
The chamber is loaded.

One batch.
                      Two batch

  Penny and dime.

This war zone of mine.
i'm gonna get them all.
Frank Castle Apr 5
The stains they leave,
marked in their manners,
cursed their own accord.
They forgot to palm their psalms in their hands,
and the sound of their misery-
completed a course to the wishing well.

If the heart of it were elastic,
Would the pressure begin to stretch
Every ounce of the fabrics that are eagerly discontent?
Tears have been poured, stricken by chords,
a cadence harmoniously invigorated

Only silence fills these halls,
with walls covered and doused in red.
Do you see them when they walk out,
those waltzing hundred dead?

In the pitch of the night, blanket in the umbra, a voice to touch our ears, “Please stay with me tonight.”

— The End —