Denial

Bitterness

seeping

oozing

black caul

wrapped around.

Words

razor sharp

sliced veins

blood running

emotions stripped down.

Cold

lifeless

unforgiving

I will never hear those words.

Sorry little one

I failed you

I failed to protect 

when I should have.

Never will she

nor he

accept the parts played

in ruination.

Concrete grey

muffling my screams 

fuck you

naught you know.

Prince…..

Pauper…..

Gleam of her eye

you took my place

forced to the rear

forced down

forgotten

unloved

unsupported

that was I.

Usurper. 

Taking my crown

my throne

stealing my home

shattering my hopes

my dreams

condemning me to this hell on earth.

Tired I am

of putting all first

my desolation

thought to be remiss.

Funeral pyre

memories shot through

conflagration. 

April 1/19

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