Splintered Remains
Danielle Gozzo
Grade 8
As darkness clouded the sky,
It strangled my heart as well.
Cloaking the good.
Sunshine filled days,
Water crashing into shore,
Gulls crying,
My brother and I running free, hopelessly innocent.
All dissolved into shadow.
Illuminating the bad.
Tangile terror tainting our last time together,
Tears staining my mother's face,
The pain of leaving behind teh only home I'd ever known,
The stark truth of what it means to be utterly, desperately alone.
All brought out into an unforgiving spotlight.
Whimpers and tears filled the air with a cacophonous melody,
Becoming the background to my miserable memories.
Emptiness was a recurrring theme.
Emty arms,
Empty eyes,
Empty promises.
All whispered with no hope of fulfillment.
Just to make it through another day.
Loneliness hovered over all,
Infecting our dreams with an incurable disease.
Shined and booted footsteps echoed, whips cracked, hearts broke.
One night changed us all.
No one was left unscathed.
Some injuries were unseen,
Though that could not lessen their effect.
Sitting there, Propped up by only a rough wooden wall,
The breaths of strangers encompasses me.
Aching for my mother, father, and brother,
I closed my eyes,
Willingly sacrificing myself to
The long awaited pull of the only escape possible.
Blazing light woke us all,
Accompanied by shouts I could not comprehend.
My newly acquired blisters and bruises could not compare
To the splintered remains of my heart.
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