Ghostly Remembrance

Ghostly Remembrance
By, Jess Dickson


Wind it tighter
Rope coiled around my wrists
Tight enough to cut into skin
Into the existence left of me
Press it harder
Gun shoved against my head
Carving its’ barrel into my temple
Into the heart that remains

I fear nothing, this promised death
You hold out like candy
Choking breath from my mouth
My body doesn’t sway with the swing of your belt
My soul cannot break without being whole
As welts rise to meet the leather-strikes falling down

Murder in haste
Release me now
One final blow into never
Into the light of ending
Walk faster
Stride bolder now into hell
Leaves crackle beneath the girth of your demons
Weight of your sins

I hear nothing, sitting on this stone
Beneath my body lies
In the soil of stolen innocence
My soul still imprisoned by memories funeral prayers could not wash clean
My heart still bleeds for the child that never got to be
A ghost rises to meet the tears raining down