Rocky Lagou

Bitter Beddy-Byes

Feelings drip like spilled milk...

The stone-faced reflection and the endless complexion.

All seams dispersing from the perfectly embroidered smile –

Nothing divine can save me now.

 

I was expecting a grander ending,

Like the one between Arachne and Athena.

I swallowed a pill of happiness...

But the aftertaste was revolting.

 

My two feet manage to take me to bed,

And I gaze at the Moon pretending...

To nurture me like a mother – to love me like a father.

With heavenly kisses...from the sky its sending.

 

I glance at the black widow - that abides in my bedroom,

That looks like a dead carnation –

Full-fledged in the nooks and crannies and debris.

It feels nothing and carelessly spins...

 

for it has consumed me.