trigger happy

trigger happy

 

 

the arsenal is fired

all the words sullenly sprayed

you were hit,

hurt

bled out

 

and years later

i am still living with the guilt

of murdering your heart

 

my grave is an empty doorway

a blue sky with a patch of red

only i see with distorted emotion

and the barrel still smoking

 

with regret.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

12/20/17

Reviews

[lightsong]

The hardest part is not to get forgiveness from someone, but to forgive Your ownself so You can move on, if You are unable to do it as the time passes by, You will never get on Your feet in the right, strong way, even it might gets worse dwelling You in the darkness of low self esteem and regret, and at some point, all will fall hardly, harshly over the whole You, just as You poem have strongly described.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Light.
j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

Profound guilt and monumental regret.
Poets are sometimes far too quick to weaponize their words--often against those who should never have been targets.
We fire in haste; frequently, yearning for repentance from that moment forward.
Stunning bit of work!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i kind of feel it is better to write them...we might weigh them a bit more...just spewing them out of mouths can be really regretful...i appreciate your thoughts, always, Jimmy.
j.