I Never Knew - Anisha Dupree Year 2

I Never Knew

Skipping home from school with a gummy grin and a heavy heart

He would say ‘You’re wasted on this world’
I would say ‘I know’

With food in my hair and smoke in our lungs
He would say ‘Well you’ve looked worse’
I would say ‘I know’

With pinkies wrapped around pinkies his face stained with purple kisses
He would say ‘I hate it here’
I would say ‘I know’

With green grass between our lips and hope in our hands
He would say ‘One day we’ll be okay’
I would say ‘I know’

With sunshine in my pocket and madness on our minds
He would say ‘You’re out of control’
I would say ‘I know’

With my broken bones and shard decorated arms
He would say ‘You need help’
I would say ‘I know’

With numbness in my heart and his shadowed eyes
He would say ‘You’re scaring me’
I would say ‘I know’

With his crimson knuckles and our lust for blood

He would say ‘I need the rush’
I would say ‘I know’

With cherry stained cheeks and lightning in our veins
He would say ‘We are nothing’
I would say ‘I know'

With a haggard body and lighting in his veins
He would say ‘I’m tired of this world’
I would say ‘I know’

Staring into the flames dressed for death.

I would say ‘You were wasted on this world’

He would’ve said

‘I know.’