Why?

I don’t see how

You can change

So fast

One day righteousness itself

And the next the voice of evil

I don’t see how

You could forget who you are

How you could let evil

Cloud your mind

Do you not remember me?

Your friend?

Your sister?

Do you not remember those sun-filled days

When we laughed and played

In the sun?

Do you not remember the time?

The day we lay on our backs in the grass

And you told me everything:

Your dreams, your hopes, your fears.

You were so beautiful

So full of life

So kind and strong

But that was before

The eclipse came

When the sun was drowned

You changed

You became wild

Angry

Savage and unreasonable

You remembered nothing

No one

Not even I

I who was your sister

I don’t see why it had to be you

I remember thinking

That you were so strong

And how I seem to be so weak

So feeble and frail

In comparison

How easily I could be swallowed

By shadow

But in the end it was you

You gave in to darkness

And now I cry in the middle of the night

Wondering why it hadn’t take me

Instead

Author's Note

Again, very, very fantasy-ish. Oh well. That's what I get.

Reviews

[Eric Cox]

Very sad. Very good descriptions penned. Great job on this, it has a moving effect.

[Personne]

This is so sad. It reminds me of my brother when I figured out he was doing drugs(he's better now though!). Anyways, your poem flows and I love all the phrases and words you use. The last two lines are heartbreaking. This poem is wonderful and I love it(: