EverlastingWaves

Under the shelter of my roof
I curl into blankets
the dog licking the tips
of my uncovered toes
80's music playing on the stereo
and an empty popcorn bowl by my side
moonlight flickers across the pages

I remember when
I was lying in bed
saying I'd never fall asleep
I remember yesterday
when I thought online school
would never end
I remember last year
when I thought 2020
would never come

she stares through the window
which is checkered in thumbprints
the chair creaks
as she leans back,
heaves a great sigh,
and watches the clouds
No inspiration today 
she thought

shattered pieces
of a glass mirror
scatter the wooden floor
I look down
and see my broken reflection
staring back
only pieces of me
are left
an echo of pain
comes back
and I fall to my knees
still staring

ashes drifting from the
blade that makes skin
crawl with fear as the
dread fills you
eternally, a sense of
forbidding is undeniably
ghosting through us.
haunting the battlefields, we are