05-18-2017, 04:08 AM
Broken Promise
Under me feet,
I can hear the ice
cracking
like insults snapping against a quiet boy,
yet I keep walking.
At any moment
my breath will be replaced by cold water
like joy drowned by loss.
When the ice finally breaks,
my last thoughts will be:
How did I not notice?
Why didn't you tell me?
Then there'll be nothing left,
but the body
of a childless father.
Under me feet,
I can hear the ice
cracking
like insults snapping against a quiet boy,
yet I keep walking.
At any moment
my breath will be replaced by cold water
like joy drowned by loss.
When the ice finally breaks,
my last thoughts will be:
How did I not notice?
Why didn't you tell me?
Then there'll be nothing left,
but the body
of a childless father.