For the Sake of Sybille

by Larry Chamberlin   Jul 28, 2013


The phone call that came
was one I almost expected:
you were driven to kill yourself,
crushed by the greed in your life,
that was never under your control;
prey of a body of influence - killers I say -
who purported to be your doctor,
your manager, your best friend.

Lets pretend that the loneliness,
the stigma of your eyes staring
at me from the morgue gurney,
does not cry to me for payback.
They will feel the edge of freedom
as I draw it silently and deeply
across their necks, and then
let happen to me what will.

[Baby Rainbow challenge 2 combined]

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  • 11 years ago

    by Baby Rainbow

    I really like the way you made the phone call expected because in poetry they are usually unexpected. So this was a nice change to read.

    I like the deepness of the story and how we can sense the history of the characters life as being one of a troubled past and perhaps influenced mainly by her peers, those around her and the influence of either drugs or alcohol. Which I assume is what killed her rather than suicide itself.

    The ending of the story is very cryptic because it indicates at revenge but in a much greater way than simply a life for a life. I wonder what this means and if this person is aware of how to cause greater pain than death which makes it very twisted and dark.

    Your title is capturing and I assume the character is called Sybille?

    I thought you done well to combine the 2 challenges and still make it so short and impactful on the reader. I also like the mystery to it and how much we have to use our own imagination to create the scene and decide what the outcome is going to be. I gathered the main character in this poem was a relative and I got like a father figure who feels angry that his daughters life has been taken and blames the people around his daughter.

    Nice work

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