static

not sure this is a poem but I wrote this today

You know how in movies there is that scene when you find out some life altering news

And there is an actor who falls to their knees screaming and crying 

There is always some emotionally tragic music to fill in the backgrounds 

In real life, you don't get the music to fill in the cracks 

When a 6-year-old finds out her dad died there isn't a scene cut 

There is no music to drown out her nausea 

Just the static of the ever still air cracking in her ears 

 I didn't win an oscar for my performance 

Just a lifetime of trauma 

Reviews

[Miss Sharon]

Your closing lines are so sad. (I didn't win an Oscar for my performance Just a lifetime of trauma) Good expressive writing. ~Sharon