Feb 2018
Terrified
Written in cursive
Behind your eyes
The messy braided hair
Is all that's left of you
Standing in a white dress
It was seventy degrees outside
You shut the window
"I'm sorry,"
Your handwriting just vexed me
Your pen had too much ink
Your toenails were broken
The white page turned to gaping black
As you crossed out the words
I closed the door and walked away
You said you felt some sort of chill, and I believed you
Must have been a gap between the stark walls and the blanched window frame
I found you a blanket
Written in cursive
Behind your eyes
The messy braided hair
Is all that's left of you
Standing in a white dress
It was seventy degrees outside
You shut the window
"I'm sorry,"
Your handwriting just vexed me
Your pen had too much ink
Your toenails were broken
The white page turned to gaping black
As you crossed out the words
I closed the door and walked away
You said you felt some sort of chill, and I believed you
Must have been a gap between the stark walls and the blanched window frame
I found you a blanket
I thought about adding the quote, "Hospital gowns never fit like they should. We yelled at the nurse, didn't do any good," from "Long Way From Home," by the Lumineers, but I thought I would let the poem go by itself. Not enough people have hear that song. Feel free to imaginarily add it after the line "Your toenails were broken"
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