A Child by Teresita Blanco

Double pondered: A Child 
by Teresita Blanco
 

Long Ago                                 When I used to live

     In the land of promise             I remember hearing…   

 This tainted song                    A sound filled with so much hate

   Came to us                           Far too strong to resist 

  And it filled our egos            with the enmity and distrust               

 With foolish hopes               that I not dared to show 

   * * *  * * *                               * * *  * * *

    My prayed was denied        As I lie beneath my grave 

    Thinking back                     My failures whisper           

  On that old Siren’s song      “A shameful death” 

 Reserved only for me             That turned me to bones,  

 How foolish of me                 I cannot look back  

My lie has become                    The sin I carry

The truth                               No longer matters  

 * * * *  * * *                            * * * *  * * *

As my death draws near          My feet grown swollen   

 Twisted, distorted                     The path toward

My life becomes                      my final resolution

 But a memory                        Cannot spare my dignity   

 This curse…                               Cannot erase my sins

It terrifies me far worse than      the fiend within me

This sorrow that grips me        Slowly consumes me

 The wheel is turning                 these terrible goodbyes

Into a something wore               Inside my aching heart 

 Ill fortunes imprisons me           I cannot escape them

Like a hungry fury                     They cornered me again

 The pulse quickens                     Resurrecting my woes  

Screaming “vengeance”             Death will not let me forget

Editor's Note: Well, you already know about this one. 

 

Description: One Super Depressing Poem • About: This poem is about me and my struggle • Accountable Person: Fernando Blanco • Author: Teresita Blanco • Awards: None • Content Location: poems • Content Rating: 5 • Contributor: Fernando Blanco • Copyright Holder: Teresita Blanco • Copyright Year: 2012 • Creator: Teresita Blanco • Editor: Fernando Blanco • Genre: Sad • Headline: A Child by Teresita Blanco • Keywords: bones, child, copyright, dead, dignity, erase, faith, fury, ghost, graveyard, memory, mercy, original, poems, prison, shame, Sin, siren, teresita blanco, truth • Mentions: Three Moons • Provider: Me • Publisher: Phi Stars • Publishing Principles: Teresita Blanco • Source Organization: Phi Stars • Version: 7 • Item Reviewed: Poems • Review Rating: 5 •