Neville

Down With Everything

Down With Everything

 

Done with those

candles

down with those

tears

Done with those

tantrums

and irrational

fears

Done with those

prayers

the stamping of

feet

Tired of histrionics

and

blackmailing bleat

Done

with those lies

and her

churlish acting out

now when

she looks in a mirror

and when

she brushes her hair

Somewhere

over her shoulder

perhaps

she might just make out

the reflection

of a blue eyed man who

maybe

once used to care ...