lord show mercy on a rotten soul
have sympathy for the wasted youth of a child
who made the grave mistake of exchanging
her glimmering eyes for
similar brown ones that lacked luster
; seemed emptier
she drowns in hollow words
and chokes on books of nettle
she's forgotten how to dream
how to sleep
and how it was to feel
'okay'
on her knees she
prays to god
a father that she's never known
3 empty letters
but still she prays
hoping he will emerge from the corners of her mind
lord show mercy on a rotten soul
-n.c
