Submissions by Jeffrey_Littrell (Jeffrey Littrell)

I’ve built a wall beside myself
to keep others safely distant
your lies still dig inside me
both numbing and persistent
you cast aside your virtue
and left without a thought
it’s easy to dismiss it now
as a lesson harshly taught
it’s strange how things unravel
how quickly we can fall from grace
you once soothed my withered heart
with the solace in your embrace

now, when I get a little money
I just spend it on myself
no one cares to know me
I take my comfort off the shelf
it’s a cold, hard type of lonely
I wish no other...

the only answer
is that
there are no answers at all
no karmic justice is done
what goes around
just keeps right on going

things just are
until they aren't anymore
or in her case
they never fucking were at all

she locked the door
she knelt in front of the bathroom mirror,
by the filthy toilet,
and shuddered
at the metallic taste in her mouth
it was somehow easier
than she envisioned it would be

she lay still
and small
the blood pooled and congealed
on the linoleum floor
finally, she wouldn't hurt...