Ladybugs

This poem appeared in Spillwords Press.

i asked you once

to

ease

my

embroiled

sentiment

to

make sense

of

senselessness

for

propagation

of hope

then

about

your

encumbered spirit

your

shadow

of

nonchalance

as

the

sky

burned above the sea

ripping

the cement apart below

disassembling

assemblage

i asked you once

to

understand why

instead

of

rain

a

bitter

wind

suffocated

the ladybugs

who

only

sought reconciliation

against

nefarious

pests

crawling free

over

emaciated faces

then

why

a

furnace wind

sent

the occupants

fleeing

from

the occupied

while

ghost children

ran

barefoot

seeking shelter

yet

disappeared

like

roaming mongrels

i asked you

then

never

again