Leave Me Here to Rot
As the skin falls off my muscles,
and the muscles off my bones
my hollow eyes will watch you walk away.
Eventually I will sink into the earth,
forgetting you, and me, and everyone.
But for now I’ll watch you go.
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Nice turn in the last line.
I get a lot from this poem
I like the sense of decay and dissolution created initially and how you describe the sense of emptiness and despair with the hollow eyes in the first stanza. The second stanza suggesting death is the ultimate release from the pain and suffering of life is particularly poignant.
One of my favorites so far this year!
Chilling to have hollow eyes watch someone walk away! I love this.
Always love some rotting imagery!