filicide
closed you in at night,
no space to breath, but
we thought we were
safe, years
on
a sparkling day,
something faceless
on the breeze,
snaring
your shadow,
hermetic fate
sealed
by a pernicious beast, forever
changing the way
we navigate
the world
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You’ve been very sparing with words, which makes your story all the more terrifying.
(I do hope it’s not autobiographical???)
A very close childhood friend, Cin
Gracious. Beautifully written as usual and chilling with it…
Thank you, Kate – I appreciate your comment here.
That’s absolutely heartbreaking 😦 Must have been difficult to write. The last line ‘forever changing the way we navigate the world’ is perfect – somethings shock us into a new dimension and we never go back.
Thanks for your comments, Gabrielle. The full story of this litany of horrors and the consequences for their life is another’s to tell (and I doubt that they ever will) but that so many terrible things happened to one family, and that others of us are completely bypassed by such fates is an indelible disturbance, so writing is catharsis
Some things are best left unsaid… but you have done this piece wonderfully well, Bb. Thank you.
Thank you for your comments here, Adeeyoyo – it’s a difficult and taboo subject, but for some families out there, its consequences are all too real. And, sadly, often the signs are there, but it seems that in many countries there is little families can do to get help from the authorities before a tragedy occurs.