the air raid sirens
i ran for cover
& i told You
I’ll see you after work –
Your smile a mimicry of the glistening diamond
hanging on a chain around your neck.
shadows pooled in the hollow
of Your cheeks
blood flooding into bottomless pupils
& You drink the poisoned rain like water
blinded by the screams of Your parched throat
begging for nourishment.
You watched me & Your tongue
caressed the inner edge of the blade
a fallen angel blinded by blood like droplets of rain –
one arm outstretched and the other
hollow like Your eyes
You came to search for me
Your mind clinging to this hope as
Your barely living body wandered
through the burning buildings and the corpses littered across the streets
ーa mass grave
You stopped across from me
and Your hollowed out eyes met my gaze while
i cried tears of blood,
sorrow paralysing me behind the corrugated iron door
and then the world behind You lit up as if the sun was rising
with a backdrop of warm orange
when the flames enveloped You, You grew wings of fire
like that of a burning angel, falling into hell
and around Your neck hung a diamond
rendered to ash by the scorching fire
H.C.A Agate 