Original poem by Kamalini Govender. Art via Pinterest.
I lost all my words today.
But you’ll pay…
That’s what you do now.
…some way, some how
she whispered to the stars
as she wiped clean all her scars.
Little girl! Stupid girl! You know better than to wish ill
you go backwards with each word that you let spill.
The owl hoo-hooed.
I tried in vain to catch the lines
that formed like black ink on the wind.
Whimpers, whispers, whines
but my mouth had already sinned.
Too late, too late, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo
now you’re in time for a very important date.
The color drained from my face
as I watched Her black hood and bony fingers of lace.
My heart stopped beating.
There was my life…fleeting fleeting.
The owl hoo-hooed.
I see him coming over the hill
with a sorry and a candy pill.
But he can’t see me. Not anymore.
Nevermore, nevermore.
He’ll find my body in a fallen heap
But I doubt this gentle man is able to weep.
He’ll shrug. He’ll shrug. He always fucking shrugs.
More pretty minds for him to break.
More pretty lies for him to fake.
I give him one last look of love
and then my Lady takes me up
up
and above.
Of Tales & Dreams 