Forever was a simple word,
Meant so long ago
Blood drips into a small tin dish,
We're kin, once again
Slowly fading through excuses
The fact forgotten,
Long ago
I seem to be forgotten
I'm a ghost in my own home
Slipping down your ranking friends
No word
No glance
No hello.
There's no one there
When you look at me
Did I kill you long ago?
Or have you just killed me?
You used to call me friend...
Now I can't even hear your voice
You used to call me, brother,
But I don't even know you anymore!
Feathers have always been my life,
Smooth scales always yours
Two creatures flying in the night,
But too different,
Too distant
I once gave you a piece of my heart
The only one I had left
You cherished it for a while,
But forgot me
You said you'd always be there,
You would never let me fade,
But I'm fading, my brother!
And your eyes that lit my life,
Hold nothing for me anymore...
Author notes
Found this on my bedstand. It doesn't have a date, but I haven't cleaned my bedstand for a month, so it's recent. Another freeverse. *sigh*
This is to my brother, my spiritual half, my ignored and incomprehensible friend.
-Lyneun
Comments
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I really liked this piece. It's sad. And I think it got to me more because I know in part the situation you are going through at the moment. I liked how you began the poem:
"Forever was a simple word,
Meant so long ago"
Forever, it's amazing how one simple word can mean so much to us. Good job on this poem. Then again, you always do a great job on them all.
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