The Stairway

The Stairway

A Poem by Wessik
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"The emotions connected with suicide"

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I have been told this spiral staircase
leads to a land of lush green pines.
And so, eagerly I climb, with cracked
and chapped and bleeding feet.

Dry air then seeks to suffocate
my lungs when I inhale,
and cough up phlegm upon the stony wall.

I have hope, until the aches
inside my bones do cause my fall
onto a pile of dusty rubble.

I lay there, for a while.

My eyes then center on some bones.
A corpse with pistol in its hand,
and a painted placard reading thus:

"My apologies, my lord,
for I was not strong enough."

© 2012 Wessik


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Wessik
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Wessik
Wessik

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