before things get rash,
we should run.
but one of us is dead,
and one of us has no legs.
so,
maybe i went overboard.
maybe i already got rash.
maybe i messed it all up,
but we can still fix this.
i wait for you to chide me like you always do,
but all you do is bleed out.
i wait for you to get back up like you always do,
but all you do is lie there.
i wait for you to fix everything like you always do,
but you’re not chiding me,
and you’re not getting up,
and you’re not fixing
everything.
you can’t really expect to get out of this just like that, can you?
you can’t get away,
i’ve made certain of that.
i made sure you would stay here right next to me,
just like always, but baby,
it doesn’t feel like always.
before the sirens of an ambulance come cat-calling your body,
before they steal you from me, promise:
“to love and to cherish, until parted
by death.”
i can’t hear you, dear, that thief’s sonorous chorus resounds;
you’ll have to speak up.
because we can still run, we can still get away from this town,
we can still steal your father’s beat-up pick-up truck and run away,
just like the songs.
honey, don’t you get it?
we’ll always be together,
“‘til death do us part,”
you swore it yourself.
well, i’m not dead yet,
but the paramedics lift you into the back of that **** ambulance,
while i’m loaded into the back of a cop car.
we are still bound by our vows.
this was one of my first poems, lovingly inspired by richard siken's work. i've finally gotten around to giving it the love it deserves and polished it to perfection. i'm unable to give the poem the formatting it's meant to be read with, so you can view that here: madameclaws.carrd.co/#vows
thank you for reading this far ♡
