darkness fell
as light broke
this heart in a billion pieces,
stars facing death row
as if it’s a crime to be bright
and shine light on a quiet scream
ripping the voices off tongues
that burden the souls to birth
meaningless words to breathe
time in the circle to live,
to crave giants to come,
so they can be taken out,
but for what?
to see blood on hands
dripping off eyes that saw it all?
eyes that saw everything
did nothing to birth peace
inside the womb of the storm
and as she stands,
she falls to knees begging
for wild fires to let her go
so she can be free
from hell that has tamed
a still earthquake to jolt
awake this blistering mind,
and all that comes
are these memories
that curse the life within
as night exists to bleed out
the day forever
~ Bethany Anne
