(A)
Lucas stood there motionless
For a few seconds
Afterwards
Catching his breath
In a bass led heartbeating panic
Coma white in a chain led frenzy
Without a clue
Where he was
And dust dragging off his paws,
Sniffing his air in a vain attempt
To get his baring
Away from the light
Burning on his back
And fur half torn
All over his ears
Not to mention talons
All over the way back
‘What the hell did you do?’
he heard the words
following him all the way
back to the tunnel
and into the arms
of his people
barely aware of
what had just happened
and even less
of the deaths
he had caused
through no fault of his own.
(B)
‘What the hell did you just do?’
Michelle said stunned
Her fingers shaking
In murmured echoes.
‘I gave him peace’
Andy said in a tone
He didn’t regnoise
Cast out with a purpose,
‘He had been poisoned,
I cast it out’
Michelle looked at him
White-faced
‘How the hell did you do that?’
‘I don’t know’
He collapsed.***
I know you
aren’t in front of me.
I know you
aren’t in front of me.
No,
Don’t protest,
I can see you sitting there
Head
slightly tilted,
Glazed-eyed
stare
Occasional
grunts telling me to go on,
But body
language screaming,
Are you
nearly done?!?
Am I just
boring..?
No..
Is there something wrong?
I’m starting
to worry
There’s so
much of you gone.
Where is
your sparkle?
Your fire’s
gone out
I miss your
laughter
I hate your
self-doubt
Your colours
have faded
To all over
grey,
You blend
into back grounds
And have
little to say
I’m not the
only one who’s noticed a difference in you
How your
smile’s now rarer than the rarest of jewels
How you’re slowly
confirming what we all feared we knew
How you’re
slowly retreating from those you love most
How little
by little you’re becoming a ghost.
@ Siofra Martin
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