Worn to Death

Worn to Death
There was no soul
Upon her face
Empty eyes
Black as spades
A broken jaw
Worn and loose
Rigged teeth
From harsh abuse
Her nose was crooked
Slightly long
As though her sent
Was mostly gone
Her hair was tangled
Webbed in knots
Where beauty lived
Until it lost
Her heart was weak
Barely there
As though it had
No breath of air
Fingers callused
With broken nails
From the beating
Of stair case rails
There was no smile
Upon her face
But broken dreams
In its place
Her legs were thin
Brittle and cold
Her mind was lost
From aging old
And as she rocked
Still in her chair
The broken clock
Just barely there
Struck midnight
Through the house
Of empty noise
So very loud
She stood to rise
Upon her feet
In ragged clothes
Down to her knees
Barefoot still
She walked alone
To the door
Of solid stone
And took her hands
To feel the edge
Where there was
No knob to rest
She screamed a whisper
In despair
With her last
Breath of air
Please come back
And let me leave
From this house
Of misery
I will not cry
Or walk away
But softly sing
As I pray
Into the night
Of wishes deep
Where I’ll lay
Down to sleep
Then as she walked
Upon the stairs
Her fingers touched
The rails still there
From where she fell
Thrown into pain
By her burglars
Soul of vein
Her memories all
Came flooding back
Her heart then felt
It was attacked
She took her steps
Up to the top
Ever slowly
Lost in thought
Until she reached
The bedroom door
Where love had died
Forever more
She laid to rest
Upon her bed
Where her love
Was lying dead
Still in pain
From the shock
A single blow
To death he rocked
No one had heard
A single noise
Yet there her life
Had been destroyed
By just a single
Vanity
Cruel intent
So meant to be
She prayed to god
That very night
And asked the question
Forever why
Why did this happen
Just today
I have no words
Left to say
Where is my angel
Where have they gone
I cannot see
What has went wrong
I cannot think
My mind is lost
I cannot feel
But pain the most
And then she stopped
To take a breath
Listened close
To feel her chest
And laid beside
The man she knew
Would never return
From heaven’s view
Until she closed
Her eyes at once
To meat him there
In peace and love
© 2013 Kimberly Charbneau
