Personal Lengths

As I wait

The seconds burn into me

Coiling blisters on my wrist from my watch

A personal fathom

Since it’s the one you gave to me

Before your goodbye marked me as naught

Broken Lullaby

The weight of your goodbye lingers. Like gravity it shoves me down into a worthless hole feeling like I may never rise again. Crude, raw, and deafening your words were spoken. A broken lullaby to curse me for life.