Execution

by Baby Rainbow   Jun 26, 2013


Words cannot describe the horrific fear
that travelled through my body because of you.
Never will I forget the sound of my racing heart
beating wildly inside my ears, nor the painful torture
I endured every night that left mental scars inside my mind.
Terrified, at eight years old, of the hollow darkness
you caged me deep within...

... I began to fear my life more than I feared death.

But now I dream of the only punishment
I wish I could cast upon your soul. To wrap
chains around your body and restrain you to
a concrete surface, as cold and empty as your heart.
I would watch the fear rising in your eyes, panic
rushing through your blood because you no longer
have control.

Injecting you with poison, like the vicious lies
you poisoned my innocent mind with. To know that
you can see and hear but are too drugged up to even move.
How does it feel to have strangers touching your body
and have no strength to stop them? How does it feel
to be confined in this danger with no way to escape?

With your final words, would you even apologise
for the life you stole from me, or would you beg
for your own life? Because a heartless monster
could never think of anyone but himself.

And at the time of your execution I would
only have one question left:

are you beginning to fear death
as much as I feared my life?

Saffie
22

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  • 11 years ago

    by Hannah Lizette

    First stanza: This opening has absolutely tore me up. The fear just seeps through your words...the adrenaline pumping , the torture you endured nightly at eight years old. </3 I just can't even imagine, dear. I have no words, honestly... but that line of fearing life more than death is so powerful... it just really showcases the fear.

    Second stanza: I'm all for abusers to get the punishment they deserve! They should be done exactly the way they done the abused but ten fold...but I suppose they will get that in Hell.

    The hate for this person is evident, you want to watch them squirm as you torture them...you want to see the fear in their eyes that they once bestowed upon you.

    Third stanza: You want them to feel when you felt... the knowing of what is going on, feeling everything...but not being able to do anything about it, not be able to defend themselves. I like the questions you have incorporated, like you are taunting them and saying ' how does if feel now that it's you?'

    Fourth stanza: Again I like the questions, wondering if they feel remorse even on their death bed...would they apologize for all their wrong doings.

    Ending: I love how you incorporated the ending with your fear of life, now asking if he fears death the same as you did your life.

  • 11 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    Wow Saffie, this was haunting and very dark. You expressed that fear so well, from feeling terrified for you to hoping this part of your life remains in your past.

    I was also taken by how you mentioned you were, whether this is real and personally you, eight years old is a vulnerable age. It reminded me of an age of curiosity yet still staying fragile and having a heart full of innocence. Whoever came into your life was not concerned with ever telling the truth, only doing what he wanted, and like you said, acting like a monster who thrives on cruelty.

    Loved how you tied in that one belief/statement how you had feared your own life more than death itself, then questioned this man with it in the end of his days? The title fits in well too!

    Emotion and pain fill this write, you express that very vividly to the reader. Take care.

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