Screams encased in silence
Scars torn by tears
Lives ruined by you -
Using a blade or two

Was I not here
When you wished to cry?
Why is it darling
You plead to die?

What kind of life
Do you wish to live?
No words to speak
Art hidden by sleeves –

With thee I beg
I see the horror laced in your eyes –
The questions you leave with me
No answer do I desire from thee.

Could I not stand for both of us?
Be the vein instead of a chain –
Delicate poppies could have been spared
The war didn’t have to stay inside.

Words greeted with silence
Silence smothered in tears
I cannot breathe for you –
Stitches – they wasted strings.