Ode
Halloween, 1981.
Regret dances around me,
The body of the enemy
Now nothing
But something to step over.
Domestic life lingers,
Dirty dishes on the table.
Silence reigns
In Death's demonic wake.
Wood creaks as weight
Pushes against failing stairs,
Failing stars
Cling to dusk for mercy.
Second door to the left ajar,
And the heart quickens
Silence breaks
By an innocent whine.
The whine welcomes a cry
As I welcome the room.
Limp fingers
Come into bleak view.
Sounds stop like deafness,
Eyes linger on the lifeless.
Regret returns
Cradling me as I cradle you.
There is no light this sunrise,
The colour has dyed out of life.
Emptiness comes
To lead me to my darkest days.