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Apr 2021
Momma blew her
  brains out loud.
  No one told me why.
  She chose to die.
  It had to be my fault.
  I always made her cry.
  I wished her happy.
  I wrote her poetry
  comedy and tragedy.
  She could have drowned
  or jumped to her death
leaving us without her mess.
  She chose a gunshot instead.
Painted the kid's walls red.
Her messy death left her scream for the rest of my life. She loved dramatic exits. I still miss you, Momma!

I wrote this for 2 gunshot suicides I heard about  second hand and my heart broke for the kids who found Mommy dead in a mess she'd always leave.
William J Donovan
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William J Donovan  75/M/Charlotte, NC
(75/M/Charlotte, NC)   
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