Retribution

Retribution 

 

 It was never enough.

He barely passed exams

and tried to look tough.

He would roll up his sleeves

and take his glasses off.

 

  And now he’s all alone

His feet on the cold tile floor.

He always tried his best

But couldn’t focus to do more.

And midnight in the kitchen

He stared at what he saw

In the stainless steel blade

And felt rotten to the core.

 

  Mom and Dad expected a normal son.

Telling him to focus

And what to focus on.

But the buzzing in his head

Never kept things right

It kept him awake and that’s why

He could be up at twilight.

 

 And he thought of when they said

Much of his bad and nought of his good

As if they wanted to see red

And the poor teen

Let it go to his head.

 

 Oh heaven cry havoc!

 the red is everywhere

oh my god the walls are smeared

he’s not too surprised

he’s always been bleeding and cold and scared

he remembered when he told them

of the note about his suicide

“of course we love you!”

Said his mother as she cried

And disowned him to his father

“Look at what YOUR son would write”

Unconvinced that they cared

He continued to smear

Silently swear

Succumbing to fear

 

  He remembered the bully

That said he had no guts

He plunges and drags the knife again

With all he’s got

Oh heaven save him!

The gore is everywhere

On his hands in his hair

Hanging from the ceiling

On mom’s crystal chandelier

 

 On the verge of his last breaths

He decided to make it fast

He covered the entire kitchen

With the smell of red paint that would last

Used mom’s favourite veggie knife

Opened his throat ear to ear

And flailed on the ground

Making angels in the blood smears

 

 

He addressed another note to mom

That he held in a bloody hand

Metallic stench of blood was mourned

As the deep dark red was seen

Cause he was in fact a good boy

Who always ate his greens.

 

   

Author's Note

in the last stanza if a healthy person eats all their greens you will see deep red blood and it will smell like metal fact of science

Reviews

[Mike Emil]

cry havoc! i like that
not enuff blood tough but spinach is good for you

[Deron Alexis]

I agree i tried but there was no way to fit it in and keep the length and form from going crazy

[Mike Emil]

you say cry havoc and the you are worried about length and form??? you need to learn more about havoc

[gombeggar]

some typos in this...odd theater to write in...amusing ending

[Deron Alexis]

you sure? gonna need a new auto correct software

[gombeggar]

NEVER rely on autocorrect...that is blasphemy to any true writer

[Deron Alexis]

LOL NEVER rely on your own skills that's blasphemy to anyone using a computer

[gombeggar]

ahh...then a writer u can never be

[Deron Alexis]

lol hilarious hence forth i in my poetic awesomeness will reference every word from the oxford dictionary itself which is where windows 7 auto correct comes from

[Deron Alexis]

typos fixed man thanks for reading and i'm glad you brought it to my knowledge

[N!LoC]

nice story poem !

[Deron Alexis]

thanks dude XD