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Feb 2018
I heard this quiet song
in my youth.

It's almost at it's end now, this slow, sad march
playing everyday, over and over, each second
building, louder, and louder..

It's impossible to describe exactly what it sounds like..

Broken hearts play the drums of regret,
Torn tendons make string-like sounds
snapping a harsh rhythm against the
taunt, hurried sounds of steel scratching
against the nails of my coffin that I built
just for me, just for now, just this once.

The melody isn't mine, it's the memory of
and ex-love. My first love, my first world, my first everything.

Sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, sick, sick
goes the beat, ticking down the
moments to it's end

It's a **** shame that I like the ending, a harsh,
quiet ending to the stupid, selfish, sorrowful,
pitiful song.
Sometimes the song is all I hear
Sometimes its all I want to hear
Sometimes its nothing I want
Sometimes its everything I need
Written by
Jack S Michael
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