Memories

10 weeks in,

I’m no longer free.

No sleep at all,

The memories haunt me,

That night I lost it all.

The car swerved aside,

Tried not to hit a deer,

A screech of the tires,

We fell down the cliff,

The fog growing clear.

1 heartbeat in,

I feel terror,

Like I have never felt before,

And in the back of my mind,

A deep quieted horror.

2 heartbeats in,

The horror grows,

I wonder if I will ever live,

To see another day,

And in my heart, I know.

3 heartbeats in,

My parents start to scream,

So far to fall,

My sister clutches my hand,

She knows we might lose it all.

4 heartbeats in,

The ground rushes up to meet us,

I can see the rocks,

Lying there so peacefully,

They don’t know I’m about to lose it all

5 heartbeats in,

We hit the ground,

In slow motion, I see my sister,

Her heart pierced with a shard of glass,

Her mouth fixed in a silent scream.

6 heartbeats in,

Blood covers my body,

But it’s not mine,

I hold her head in my lap,

All I can do is cry.

They pull me out of the wreckage,

I gave her my bracelet,

The only thing I could give,

I hold her necklace,

I was the only one to live.

Remember what we said,

That night dear sister,

When told you a story about a heart,

And you told me while I told my tale so sinister,

Unto death will we part.

You are dead,

My heart has died,

My thoughts trapped in my head,

My memories are full of lies,

That you will come back to me.

10 weeks later,

Your death I can still see,

I still can’t sleep,

My memories enslave me,

I’m no longer free.

I will never be the same,

All love has left me,

Hope is what I lack,

Your memories may fade,

But my scar will bring them back

The only souvenirs I collected that day,

Are a bloody necklace,

With gems of black,

And the large white scar,

That runs across my back.

But no matter where I go,

My memories follow me,

I can only think about that picture frozen in time,

Her heart pierced with a shard of glass,

Her mouth fixed in a silent scream.

Author's Note

So like H L Rose said, I tried to make my number of lines more consistent. What do you think?