One Less Innocent Soul

• Sunny Lam, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2019

Why did you leave me in the dust?
The sea’s sobbing salty tears for me, the wind blowing softly as silk would feel,
Stars twinkling, skies crying out, empathetic, and crying in anguish and agony.
The rope connecting my world to yours, broken,
Alone, afraid of the dark, I’m cold, my life collapsing, crashing down before me.
Fighting to breathe, your lips’ taste lingering in my mouth, bittersweet,
Your breath, still warm against my stone-cold face.
The painfully beautiful face of yours, remains etched into my mind,
The sun is rising and smiling, as I lose my will to live, broken by one love.
Birds flying, trees whispering, still I’m there, crumbling like delectable baked goods,
Pain consumed and enveloped my body as death embraced me with open arms,
The tide, breeze and stars wailed, one more pure heart gone,
One more demon unleashed upon all humanity and mortals.
If you loved me, why did you let me go?