
deepest pit within me
Insides creating a void so hallow
hunger has disappeared
Too weak to stand
My neighbor and I check in
Tap… tap.. Tap
Is he still alive?
Time slips through my empty belly
Hard pulse through the void
Mimicking the tick of a clock
I think about my daughter
Haven’t been able to read the cards she sends
I have to keep going or all of this will be for nothing
The cell starts humming
It’s just my neighbor checking back in
How long has it really been
Flesh feeding on itself
I’m gonna become too thin
I’m not going to make it
Tap… Tap… Tap…
No answer
Hear them remove the body
Guards say im the only one left
I’m stupid for continuing
If I don’t eat now I’ll die
I have already met death in this cage
I sleep in it every night
What will this mean for those who come after me?
I love the story told through this prose. The idea of not allowing injustice to go on, even though it means your end. The want for those who will come after you to never experience what you had to, placing your stone on the house that protects.