Unbearable

by Sai   Mar 18, 2018


I was the sinner

confessing

and on the

other end of

the line

I was the

priestess

listening

so I gave myself

my punishment -

Hang yourself

up to dry;

let the people

see all the scars

that keep your body

from falling apart.

I knelt there

from dusk 'til dawn

and when dawn

turned to dusk

and when my knees

turned black

as Father's lungs

I decided that

cutting myself

out of your life

seemed far more

unbearable

than taking

my own.

So I chose that.

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  • 6 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    This is so intense.... and incredibly dark. I read this a few times to myself, with that clear image in my mind of confessing your sins to yourself. Also, the weight and hold this person has. I think forgiveness at times can seem like an impossible weight to carry, but it is necessary.

    This piece scared me in the sense that we can hold on to this person, or this idea/shadow of them, until we don't know what we would be without them. Our identity distorted, gone.

  • 6 years ago

    by Nee

    This is wonderful! I don't have anything else to say.

  • 6 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    What a powerful piece, Sai. I love the idea of confessing your sins to yourself.

    Take care,

    Ben

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