Day 27: My 30 Day Poetry Journey

Day 27- I will write a poem that begins with the title “The Poem I’d Never Write.”

The Poem I’d Never Write

This is the Poem I’d never write

To that person I’d never meet

About the things They’d never do

...June 30 1944...

I was searching for my smile today

The one you stole with your hands

When we had our very first fight

..Yes I remember…

You left your tiny screw in my head

Messing up with the life I was to build

Watching my very last piece crumble

…Every bit of it…

I told you I wasn't ready, Not at seven

Not at thirteen, Not at Fifteen, Not ever

You grinned, You laughed, You conquered

…Yes, You thought..

I wasn't ready to give you another chance

On the streets or in an home with no address

Ripping away the innocence of another

…Tearing them apart…

This could be the only thing I would ever do

Saving the life of another young boy or girl

From the piercing claws of another daredevil

..So I silenced you…

Not with the sirens of the police

Or the cry of our persistent neighbors

But with the very hand that stole from me

…we puffed our last breath...